Predictive Influence of Career Growth on Work Stress of Electrical/Electronic Trade Teachers

Abstract

This study investigated the predictive influence of career growth on work stress of electrical/electronic trade teachers. The study adopted correlation research design and the structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondent. The entire one hundred and eighty five (185) electrical/electronic trade teachers of technical colleges in three states of Nigeria were employed for the study. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Meanwhile, hierarchical and standard multiple linear regression analysis was used to establish predictive influence of career growth of electrical/electronic trade teachers on their job stress. Meanwhile, two-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to establish the status of interaction effect of age and gender, experience and gender, type of teacher and age and type of teacher and experience on career growth, and job stress of electrical/electronic trade teachers. The study found that career growth and its sub-factors—career goal progress, professional ability development, promotion speed, and remuneration growth—positively predicted job stress of electrical/electronic trade teachers. The study claimed that there were interaction effects of age and gender, experience and gender, type of teacher and age and type of teacher and experience on career growth, and job stress but not statistically significant among electrical/electronic trade teachers.