Impact of workload induced stress on the professional effectiveness of secondary school teachers in Cross River State

Abstract

The study was aimed at determining the impact of stress from workload on professional effectiveness of secondary school teachers in Cross River State, Nigeria. The ex post facto design was used in a survey of 600 public secondary school teachers. Result of the data analyses indicated that stress from workload has no significant influence on seven dimensions (lesson presentation, use of instructional aids, evaluation of students, learning motivation, classroom management, supervision of co-curricular activities and personal/professional qualities) of professional effectiveness. Based on the data recommendations were made on how management of organization should tackle the issue of workload.

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“…workplace and infrastructure positive and negative effect on the performance of employees (Ahmed &Ramzan, 2013). The working environment is a factor for eu-stress among the teachers and positive association with job performance (Amalu, 2014). The author further declared that marital and economic factors are the main causes of stress and have a positive association with the job performance of teachers.…”

“…Workload means the number of various activities over which an employee has to spend time (Gruskin et al,2000). Work overload and under load are such job-related factors that can generate pessimism in employees resulting in depression, poor performance and lack of motivation (Amalu, 2014). Resource means the teaching method and material, time available for instruction, knowledge and skill that teachers acquire through training and experience.…”

Effect of Job Stressors Onjob Performance of Lecturer Physical Education; Mediating Role of Coping Mechanism (Relaxation Coping)

“…Workload means the number of various activities over which an employee has to spend time [12]. Work overload and under load are such job-related factors that can generate pessimism in employees resulting in depression, poor performance and lack of motivation [2]. Resource means the teaching method and material, time available for instruction, knowledge and skill that teachers acquire through training and experience.…”

Impact of workload induced stress on the professional effectiveness of secondary school teachers in Cross River State

“…Commenting on poor state of public education in Cross River State, Bisong (1996) noted that some teachers in secondary schools spend little or no time to prepare their improvisation is something nobody wants to talk about. In Cross River State, Despite the seeming improvement of teachers' salaries, one continues to observe truancy, lack of dedication to duty and declining productivity (Bassey;Bisong: Ubi & Isangedighi: 2011) According to Amalu;Ajake & Isangedighi (2012), some teachers hardly evaluate their lessons or encourage students to participate in classroom learning. Such teachers never entertain questions in class nor praise students who answer questions rightly.…”

“…Such teachers never entertain questions in class nor praise students who answer questions rightly. In some schools students are hardly ever given enough attention, individual differences are neglected, while continuous assessment suffers (Amalu: 2012). In their role performance, some teachers do not seem to exert themselves adequately, so it is also common to see student loitering about inside their school compounds and even nearby streets when they are supposed to be in their classes for lessons.…”