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