Job Stress as Correlate of Academic Staff Job Performance in Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

This research inquired into the correlation between job stress and academic staff Performance in government owned
colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of the survey type and correlation design
were employed. Study element include academic staff of Colleges of Education in South western Nigeria. A total of
600 academic employees and sixty HODs chosen from the institution with the use of multi-stage sampling techniques
involving random, stratified and purposive sampling methods. Two research instruments tagged “Job Stress
Questionnaire (JSQ) and Academic Staff Productivity Questionnaire (ASPQ) procedure were used in the study. The
face and content validity of the instruments were established by lecturers. Test-retest method was adopted to ascertain
the reliability of the instruments used for the study and reliability coefficient of 0.82 and 0.78 were obtained for the
JSQ and ASPQ respectively. The instruments were administered by the researcher with the help of trained research
assistants. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and all hypotheses were tested at
0.05level of significance. Findings showed that the level of job performance and stress among academic staff were
moderate and significant relationship existed between the two variables”. It was inferred that low job stress will bring
about high job performance among academic staff. It was thus recommended among others that more attention should
be given to academic staff welfare in order to reduce their stress level and stimulate efficient teaching-learning
environment.