The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of occupational stress, self-efficacy belief and productivity of workers in automobile technology occupation in North West Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey design. The area of the study is North West states of Nigeria. Which comprises of seven states namely; Jigawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kano, Kastina, Sokoto and Zamfara States. The population of the study is 180 workers in automobile technology occupation. All the population was use because the number is small in size and is manageable. The instrument used for data collection is structured questionnaire titled “Work Productivity Scale and Self-esteem Scale, (WPSSE)” with 35 items. The questionnaires are divided into two parts. Part A is Work productivity Scale (WPS). The WPS is used to measure the frequency of work performance and productivity attitudes and behavior by research participants. Part B is Self-esteem scale (SES). The SES is used to measure the belief and feeling of research participants. The research questions was analyzed using mean to answer the research questions, while ANOVA was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. Findings shows that workers fall asleep, work so restless at work and seriously exhausted at work. No significant difference between occupational stress and their productivity. The study recommends among others that there was no experienced by automobile workers as they fall asleep unexpectedly or become very sleepy while at work; Workers should work slowly to complete tasks expected; Finish tasks to avoid being exhausted to perform work
Abah Adah, Nwaodo Samson Ikenna, Emmanuel Okafor Ede, Ede Augustina Okafor (2022) Influence of Occupational Stress Self-Efficacy Belief and Productivity of Workers in Automobile Technology Occupation in North West Nigeria, International Journal of Vocational and Technical Education Research, Vol.8, No.2 pp.60-71
Keywords: Influence, Self-Efficacy, occupational Stress, productivity and occupation
