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The aim of this study is to investigate how the stresses experienced by the white collar workers working in production sector affect their passion and performance and how and in what direction. The sample group of the study consists of 360 white collar workers in the production sector. Findings After the factor and reliability analyzes were performed in IBM SPSS 25 and AMOS programs, correlation analysis was used for the analysis of the variables examined in the research model; analysis of relationships between variables, regression analysis; testing hypotheses, sobel test; mediation variable effect analysis. 252 (73%) males and 108 (27%) females white-collar answered the questionnaire. 280 (65.3%) of the respondents were university graduates; 80 (20%) have masters degree. The stress-increasing factors experienced by employees under intense work tempo and under stress both decrease their performance and affect their passion for their work negatively. However, in working conditions where there is no stress, the performances of employees who are passionate about their jobs are positively affected. The effect of stress is reflected on performance in working conditions where the degree of passion for work is dominant. It is concluded that the effect of stress is not felt even if the employees do their job passionately, even if they are busy.

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