Stress Indicators and Occupational Effectiveness among Academic Staff of Universities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Nigeria

This study investigated the influence of stress indicators and occupational effectiveness among academic staff of universities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, two research questions were raised and were converted into null hypotheses to guide the study. Related literatures were reviewed. The expost facto research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sample technique was employed and a sample size of 639 academic staff was used for the study. Stress Indicators and Occupational Effectiveness of Academic Staff Questionnaire (SIOEASQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was face-validated by the researchers assisted by experts in Measurement and Evaluation. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the instrument ranged between 0.74 and 0.84. Data collected were analyzed using a One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test the two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that workload and psychological work stress significantly influenced the occupational effectiveness of academic staff in terms of teaching, research and community service. The study recommended, among others, that universities management should derive a method of obtaining feedback from their workers regarding the work situation so as to be able to redesign jobs to enhance occupational effectiveness