Synopsis of the HR stress, pressure and subsequent underperformance in public organizations

Abstract

This paper explores performance impact and professional behaviour of the human resource in international public organizations under the new pressures of client orientation, budgetary constraints and over-specialization of the personnel in such a milieu. The research is empirical but it was lead by factual observations and data on HR stress, prompted by institutional change in large public organizations. It stays mainly onto the stress factor as both promoter and dissuader of the HR performance, while large organizations are generally being perceived as inertial and reluctant to change. Their employees’ stress level is increasing and is, nonetheless, a reality despite this fact.