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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Job stress describes the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker .This study examined the prevalence of job stress among university lecturers. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of all university lecturers in South western Nigeria. The study sample was from six universities selected on the basis of ownership. These comprised two each of federal, state and private universities. A sample of 1235 university lecturers were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data for the study were collected using an instrument titled “Questionnaire on Stress Assessment” (QSA) .The validity of the instrument was ascertained while test retest reliability method was used to determine the reliability and a reliability coefficient of 0.92 was obtained. Data collected was analysed using percentage. The results revealed that out of 1358 64(13.3%) experienced low stress level 490 (34.7%) experienced moderate stress level, 563 (45.6%) experienced high stress level 9(0.7%) experienced extremely high stress level while 9(0.7%) of the total sample did not specify their stress level. It was concluded that there is prevalence of high stress level among university lecturers. Counselling framework was developed to mitigate the challenge. |
| Keywords: stress, job stress, antecedents of stress, stress assessment, stress management, university lecturers, work environment, work load |
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