Abstract
School teachers can experience stress at work and outside of work for a variety of reasons. This study investigated workplace stress and perceived strategies that school leaders use in handling work-related stressors in secondary schools in Anambra state. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A total of 1,180 teachers were chosen from a population of 6,887 secondary school teachers. The data collection instrument is a questionnaire separated into three sub-sections: A, B, and C. The data was gathered by delivering the test instruments directly to the respondents, and the data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Means and standard deviations were used to answer research questions 1 and 2, while percentages were used to answer research question 3. The results indicated among others, that majority of study respondents choose “improved career development” as their top perceived approach that school principals use in handling teachers' work-related stressors. Based on the study, the researcher suggests that school principals strive to incorporate long-term preventive stress control strategies that improve teachers' mental wellness and well-being, such as exploring professional and family support and counselling.
 
 JEL: J24; I20; I25
 
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Highlights
Workplace stress has become a major issue in recent times, both in Nigeria and elsewhere around the globe
2.3 Research Questions The following research questions were posed to guide the study: 1) What are the stressors that secondary school teachers experienced in their teaching positions?
Data collected from the field of study were analysed and presented in tables as follows: Research Question 1: What are the stressors that secondary school teachers experienced in their teaching positions?
Summary
Workplace stress has become a major issue in recent times, both in Nigeria and elsewhere around the globe. This could be traced back to the individual's perceptions of the pace and demands of the contemporary workplace. The term stress refers to an unpleasant internal state, often triggered by external sources or stressors. This description is consistent with early definitions of stress based on the response of the body to the threat or danger, known as the "fight or flight" response of Selye 1956. In this study, teacher stress is defined as an experience of negative emotions that results from the disparity between the external and internal job demands and the external and internal job resources
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