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Impact of Job Stress on the Performance of Lecturers in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri

International Journal of Psychology and Cognitive Science
Vol.6 , No. 2, Publication Date: Sep. 28, 2020, Page: 19-22

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[1]	Patience Ibe, Department of Adult and Non-formal Education, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria.
[2]	Florence Chukwuma, Department of Educational Foundations and Administration, Micheal Okpara University, Umudike, Nigeria.
[3]	Nkechi Ahamefula, Department of Educational Foundations and Administration, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of job stress on the performance of lecturers in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri. The research adopted descriptive survey designed. The population of the study comprises of all lecturers in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education. The research adopted stratified random sampling techniques to select a hundred and fifty (150) respondents, stratified according to old and middle aged (young) respondents. The instrument used for data collection was Stress Vulnerability Assessment Inventory (SVAI) constructed by the researchers. The content validation of the SVAL was established by three lecturers in measurement and evaluation from Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education Owerri. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistics. Findings indicated that job stress had significant impacton the job performance and health condition of lecturers in Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri. Based on the findings, some recommendations were which includes amongs others that, the school should periodically organize workshops and seminars on stress, so as to expose workers, especially lecturers to innovational and conventional coping strategies for adjustment.

Keywords

Stress, Job Stress, Performance, Lecturers

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