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Item Analysis of Stress on Employees’ Productivity: A Study based on Air Force Officers in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) de Silva, R.D.; Thilakasiri, K.K.Job stress is became one of the main challenges faced by many organisations. It is usually occurs when employees cannot cope with pressure or tension of assigned task. It can be considered as one of the factors which influence the work behavior of employees. Work behavior of an employee can be affected due to stress either in positive or negative way. Negative impact of employees’ work behavior due to stress might contribute to lower employees’ productivity ultimately affecting organization performance. According to AIS (the American Institute of Stress) report, $ 300 billion spend annually due to accident, absenteeism, turnover, medical, legal, insurance costs and workers’ compensation as a result of job stress. The main aim of this study is to identify most significance stressor and also to analyses its effect on employees’ productivity. Descriptive survey was adopted as the research design of the study. This study has been conducted based on Sri Lanka Air Force with reference to three bases. The primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 67 Air Force officers. The results of the study indicate that over workload (.332**), excessive responsibility (.495**), poor relationship (.518**), meet deadline (.494**), and harassment (.558**) are statically significant factors in predicting the level of stress in Air Force officers. Educational level and civil status are most significant demographic factors affecting the level of stress. Finding of the study shows that there is a low positive relationship between stress and productivity.Item The Nexus between Stress Level and Internship Performance: Evidence from Accountancy Interns from a Selected State University in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Divassini, P.This research was undertaken with the purpose of assessing the level of stress and determining the nexus between gender, professional courses, internship stressors and internship performance of accountancy interns at the University of Kelaniya. The data was collected from 93 respondents through a self-developed questionnaire survey. This study was being conducted at the end of the internship program. The gathered data were keyed and analyzed by using SPSS. The obtained results were valid and reliable for all items in the questionnaire. Independent sample test and regression analysis were applied for this study. R-square was signposted by 58.2% of variation of gender, professional course and internship stressors. The results showed non-significant difference between gender and internship performance. Internship stressors were negatively related to internship performance whereas professional courses did not influence the internship performance while other factors were constant. Another finding of the research is that the escalation of accountancy interns’ stress levels had less impact on internship performance than expected.