Impact of occupational stress to quantity surveyors' productivity in consultant firms in Sarawak / Nur Hazierah Suhaimi

Quantity surveyor’s profession has become one of the important professionals in the construction industry. In fact, researchers have concluded that quantity surveyors are one of the stakeholders in the construction industry. With the ever-growing and ever-increasing of the industry, the demands for quantity surveying service escalates. With the necessity to meet with the datelines, quantity surveyors are faced with occupational stress which in turn will deter their productivity. Hence, the objective of this research is to identify the occupational stress of quantity surveyors and the factors contributing to occupational stress and the influence on their productivity. This research has proven that quantity surveyors experience occupational stress which is caused by factors unique to the job, role in the organization, career development, interpersonal relationship, organizational structure and external social factors which influences their workplace productivity. This research is produced based on review of literature as a basis to identify the type of occupational stress, the contributing factors to occupational stress and the influence of occupational stress towards productivity. The data was collected by quantitative method through questionnaires and the results were analysed by using the SPSS software. Based on the findings, it is concluded that occupational stress is affected by various factors and influences productivity of quantity surveyors in consultant firms. It was therefore recommended that stress prevention measure should be integrated from the managerial level to prevent severe occupational stress.