Title:
THE ROLE OF WORK STRESS IN MEDIATING THE EFFECT OF PERFORMANCE PRESSURE AND WORKLOAD ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH ACEH

Authors:
*Reza Juli Amri, Sorayanti Utami, Syafruddin Chan ,Indonesia

Abstract:
Employee performance contains work results in quality and quantity achieved by an employee in carrying out his duties according to his responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to see the effect of Performance Pressure and Workload on Work Stress and its impact simultaneously on employee performance. The population in this study was all employees who worked at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh, as many as 328 people. The sample was taken with a stratified random sampling method on 140 people. The result shows that Performance pressure does not affect employee performance, Workload affects employee performance, Performance pressure affects the work stress, Workload affects work stress, Work stress affects employee performance, Work stress mediates the effect of performance pressure on employee performance, and Work stress mediates the effect of workload on employee performance. The role of work stress in mediating the effect of performance pressure on employee performance is as a full mediation, while in mediating the effect of performance pressure on employee performance the work stress acts as a partial mediation. These results indicate that increasing performance pressure is necessary so that it can increase adjustment to work stress and have an impact on improving employee performance. Performance pressure cannot directly affect employee performance but must go through work stress as a mediator. On the other hand, workloads can affect employee performance either directly or through work stress as a mediator. Increased adjustments to workloads will increase adjustments to work stress and have an impact on improving employee performance. For future researchers, it is advisable to develop this tested model by adding variables such as talent management and human capital, which are of course closely related to the discussion and development of performance models