Abstract
The study investigated the causes and impact of stress on Teachers’ productivity as expressed by primary school teachers in Nigeria. A total 300 primary school teachers were randomly selected to form participants for the study. Four research questions formulated were directed towards issues investigated. A validated Instrument titled “Causes and Impact of Stress on Teachers Productivity Questionnaire” was administered to the participants. The survey research type was employed. Data collected were subjected to percentage analysis of variance and t-test analysis. The result revealed that majority of primary school teachers were stressed on the job and this had negative impacts on their productivity. The study revealed that lack of job satisfaction, inadequate school facilities, were major causes of stress among primary school teachers. The study also revealed that stress had negative impacts on teachers’ productivity. The study recommended the need for government to improve teachers’ conditions of service; teachers special salary scale to be implemented by government; adequate facilities should be provided in schools; establishment of counselling unit in schools to cater for both teachers and students. If the predisposing factors for stress are left unattended to, resultant consequences can have substantial effects on teachers’ productivity.
Highlights
Stress is a psychological and physiological reaction to situation that affects individual total well being. Selye (1978) defined stress as any external events or internal drive which threatened to upset the organism equilibrium
Arising from the foregoing, this paper examines the causes and impacts of stress on teachers’ productivity as expressed by Primary School Teachers in Osun State
Two hypotheses were stated and tested: 1) There is no significant difference in the expression of primary school teachers on the causes of stress among teachers on the basis of gender; 2) There is no significant difference in the expression of primary school teachers on the impact of stress among teachers on the basis of gender
Summary
Stress is a psychological and physiological reaction to situation that affects individual total well being. Selye (1978) defined stress as any external events or internal drive which threatened to upset the organism equilibrium. Kyriacou & Sutcliffe (1978) defined teacher stress as a response to negative effect such as anger or depression by a teacher, usually accompanied by potentially pathogenic, physiological and biochemical changes resulting from the aspects of the teacher’s job and mediated by the perception that the demands made upon the teacher constituted a threat to his or her self-esteem or well being and by coping mechanisms activated to reduce the perceived threat. Teaching as a profession is a demanding job that requires highly intellectual activities there are various intellectual symptoms of stress that can affect people in the profession, these includes memory problem, confusion, poor judgment, lack of concentration, while the emotional symptoms can be anger, irritation, moody, and depression, all of these can have negative adverse effects on the teachers’ functionality (Morgan & Kitching, 2007)
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