Sleep Quality and Job Performance in Working Individuals

Abstract

In today’s technologically advanced world, everyone is striving for achievement in the workplace; especially the young adult population. As the organization’s work requirements are increasing, the workload on the employees is also increasing. New research from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers insights into how our poor sleep habits may be influencing our performance at work. India has a vast BPO sector and a majority of the young adult working population do graveyard and off-schedule shifts, to meet the ends in this inflation. Also with the globalization, many working personnel work on the day-time working schedules of other countries in order to achieve their set targets. The current study aimed to see the effect of quality of sleep on job performance in young adult working individuals. The study hypothesized a significant relationship between the two. It also aimed at identifying if gender had an effect on job performance. The study reported a significant correlation between sleep quality and job performance. However, no significant correlation was seen between gender and job performance. The busy off-schedule lifestyle disrupts certain patterns and seems to have physical, psychological, emotional, behavioral, and social effects on working individuals. Many young adults are also suffering from early heart attacks, depression, and severe mental stress. . Changing to a better lifestyle and keeping a track of one’s sleep patterns and physical, psychological, and behavioral changes can aid an individual to lead a better life.