Health and Safety Information Provision, work-related stress and Research Productivity of teaching Librarians in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

Health and safety in any occupation is an important factor in attaining high productivity. Publishing is an issue that elicits instant reaction  among academics in Nigerian universities. Study adopted the survey research design. The population consisted of 2,310 lecturers in  Federal Universities in South-West, Nigeria. Proportionate stratified sampling technique was used to select 372 lecturers. Structured  questionnaire was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed  that health and safety information positively and significantly influenced 2 research productivity (R² = 0.724, â = 0.468, t = 4.118, p < .05).  Physiological stress had negative significant  influence on research productivity (R² = 0.600, â = -0.255, t = -2.758, p < .05). Psychological  stress had no significant  influence on research productivity (R² = 0.600, â = -0.110, t = -0.942, p > 0.05). External stress had negative significant influence on research productivity of lecturers  (R² = 0.600, â = -0.279, t = -0.146, p < .05). Study concluded that health and  safety information promote research productivity while job stress decreases research productivity of lecturers. It was recommended that university management should intensify effort in providing health and safety information for lecturers and workload should be reduced.