Influence of Occupational Stress Self-Efficacy Belief and Productivity of Workers in Automobile Technology Occupation in North West Nigeria (Published)
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
THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS ON DROP OUT OF STUDENTS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MARAKWET DISTRICT, KENYA. (Published)
The study examined the influence of teacher characteristics on drop out of students from public secondary schools. The researchers set out to establish the influence of the teacher characteristics on the drop out of students from secondary schools. The study was based on Tinto’s (1975) student integration model (SIM). The objectives of the study were to: establish the influence of lesson load and managerial responsibilities on dropout of learners, find out the extent to which teachers give attention to slow learners and finally to investigate the extent to which teachers check students work. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The respondents were 28 teachers drawn from 14 secondary schools. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the 14 schools. Purposive sampling was used to obtain 2 teachers who had stayed for the longest time in each of the selected schools. The reason for this was that those teachers who had stayed long in the selected schools had enough reasons as to why students drop out of school. A teacher questionnaire, head teacher interview schedules and documentary analysis were used to obtain necessary data for the study. The questionnaire was validated through test- retest technique. Data was analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS programme. Results from the study was tabulated in frequency tables and converted to percentages. The independent variable was teacher characteristic while the dependent variable was drop out of students from school. The study established that: too much work and managerial responsibilities assigned to teachers, limited attention given to slow learners by teachers in class and the failure of teachers to check students work are some of the factors that were found to influence student drop out in secondary schools. The study recommends first, teachers should give attention to slow learners so that they do not feel neglected and hence opt to drop out of school, second, teachers should frequently check students work in class in order to identify learners with problems so that they can be assisted. Third the government should establish an effective evaluation and monitoring programme to ensure that the school administrative policies do not contribute to wastage and dropout in schools.
Keywords: Drop Outs, Influence, Slow Learners, Teacher Characteristics