Predictors of Job Stress among Secondary School Teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the predictive effect of dispositional and situational factors on teachers' job stress in Remo Educational Block of Ogun State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design of an ex post facto type. Four research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were collected using a standardise inventory tagged Teachers Occupational Stress Inventory developed by Kingsley [1]. Research instruments were administered to one thousand five hundred (1,500) teachers that were randomly selected across the three (3) major local government areas. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis, t-test and Multiple Regression Statistical Analysis. The findings of this study revealed that situational factors (job demands, role and change) job and dispositional factors (control, relationship, and support) accounted for 78.1% of the variance in the teachers' job stress (R = 795; R² = 783; Adj. R² = .781; F (5, 1494) = 101.333; P < .05). The study also indicated the strength of causation of the predictor variables in favour of situational factors (&#946 = .711; t = 6.974; p <.05). Also, the study revealed that teachers were significantly more prone to stress caused by situational and dispositional factors based on class taught, work experience and school type but not on gender. It is therefore recommended that school authorities should provide the necessary resources that would be required by the teachers with more emphasis on creating a stimulating work environment.

Keywords: Stimulating health environment, Job stress, situational factors, Secondary School, Mental health.

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 32 [1] March 2011, pp.123-127