FACTORS OF WORKPLACE STRESS AMONG FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OYO METROPOLIS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss2pp185-201Abstract
Background and Purpose: Workplace stress is a common phenomenon that hinders teacher productivity. Thus, this study investigated the factors responsible for workplace stress among female teachers in Oyo metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Methodology: A descriptive survey method was adopted. A total of 200 female secondary school teachers in Oyo metropolis represented the study's sample. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The instrument was validated by counselling and social work experts and possessed a reliability coefficient of 0.82 after being subjected to a test re-test. Data were analyzed using percentage, t-test, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at the 0.05 level of significance.
Findings: The findings revealed that the factors responsible for workplace stress among female secondary school teachers in Oyo metropolis include a poor work environment, lack of job security, student indiscipline, and irregular salary payments. Significant differences were found based on school type, educational qualification, teaching experience, and marital status.
Contributions: Workplace stress among female teachers in Oyo metropolis is negatively associated with ill-health. Poor work environment, lack of job security, indiscipline among students, and irregular payment of salary among others on the scale of measurement except under promotion with a mean score below 2.50 benchmark. It is recommended that counsellors should be mandated to counsel the female teachers in the Oyo metropolis on how to cope with workplace stress.
Keywords: Factors, Female Teachers, Oyo Metropolis, Stress, Workplace Stress.
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