Psychosocial Determinants of Job Stress among Female Public Sector Employees in Nigeria (Published)
This investigation aimed to uncover how female employees attribute workplace stress to psychosocial factors. Five hundred and twenty-two female employees were randomly selected from various Ministries of the Ogun State government, Nigeria. A questionnaire divided into four sections was used to obtain information for this study. Using a three-way factorial statistical analysis, it was concluded that people who have Type B personalities are less disposed to work stressors than Type A personalities. Additionally, happily married people tend to be less affected by work stress than those who are unhappily married or single. Furthermore, internally oriented women appear to have greater control over their job-related worries than externally oriented women. These findings imply that psychosocial variables are important and relevant in understanding the processes and outcomes of job tension; hence, there is a need for organisations and human resource managers to include an assessment of personal variables in the design and specification of work to reduce job tension so that organisational effectiveness and efficiency would be enhanced.
Keywords: Type A/B personality, and marital status., locus of control, psychosocial factors, workplace stress
Contributions of test anxiety, study habits and locus of control to academic performance (Published)
The intention of this study was to investigate how the joint interaction of test anxiety, study habits and locus of control determine the academic performance of college students. Five hundred and eight randomly drawn final year students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro and Moshood Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria were engaged in the study. They were given three questionnaires that took approximately forty five minutes to complete. The study was conducted in a classroom environment during the schools’ continuous assessment (CA) week. After collecting information from the students through questionnaires, their tests results were obtained from their faculties. These test scores were compared to the scores obtained from the questionnaires. It was discovered that the three variables positively correlate with, and significantly predict academic performance. This implies that academic performance is associated with non-cognitive and socio-psychological variables. It was therefore recommended that early intervention and proactive prevention programs that would aid the reduction of anxiety and nervousness in students be developed and implemented. Also, good study strategies such as evaluating the comprehension level, understanding the information from the text, anticipating the next thing, and knowing the purpose of learning a particular thing should be developed.
Keywords: : Academic Performance, Test anxiety, locus of control, study habits