Occupational Stress, Mental Health and Employee Performances in Small Medium Enterprises

Abstract

This study examines both strategies for stress reduction in worker performance and establishes the relationships between occupational stress with mental health as well as employee performance. The covid-19 effect all the employees’ psychologically and having negative influence on performance. The servant leadership was not moderated the relationship between work stress and mental health The findings provide insufficient evidence that servant leadership can mitigate occupational stress's impact on mental health but it recognizes the significance of analyzing occupational stress and employee performance relationships. The results provide direction to organizations which helps them design protective measures for mental health together with methods to preserve optimal workforce productivity particularly under emergency conditions like the COVID-19 crisis.