Sources Of Work Place Stress, Length Of Years In Marriage And Adjustment Strategies Among Female Lecturers In Tartaity Institution In Sokoto State, Nigeria
Magaji, Sadiya Haliru1 and Malami, Rukayya2
1Department of Educational Foundations, School of General Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria
2Department of Curriculum and Instructions, School of General Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigated sources of workplace stress, length of years in marriage and adjustment strategies among female lecturers in some selected state Colleges of Education, in North- West zone of Nigeria. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1003 female lecturers. A sample of four hundred and forty 440 married female lecturers was arrived at using purposive sampling techniques. Purposive sampling technique was used to distribute the sample across the selected schools. Three instruments were used for data collection; sources of workplace stress questionnaire adopted from Abubakar (2018), length of years in marriage questionnaire (self-developed), and adjustment strategies to sources of workplace questionnaire this instrument was adapted from Yusuf (2015). The reliability coefficient of 0.76, 0.78, and 0.75 respectively were found after using test re-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistics for the three instruments. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistic and multiple regression statistics were used to test hypotheses. Among the findings it was revealed that, there was a positive, high and significant relationship between length of years in marriage and adjustment strategies among female lecturers in some selected tertiary institutions in Sokoto State of Nigeria. The study concluded that length of years in services is more related to adjustment strategies. The study therefore recommended that, there should be adequate sensitization on sources of workplace stress and adjustment strategies. Female lecturers in tertiary institutions should be motivated to explore counselling in order to handle their challenges. Counselling centers should also be established in workplaces to assist employees in handling their adjustment strategies and sources of workplace stress.
Keywords: Workplace stress, Adjustment strategies, Female lecturers
Impact Statement
The study would be beneficial to the government as it will give a holistic view on the nature, complex sources and effect of work place stress on female teachers for the government to identify and offer excellent opportunities for enhancing job performance. It will be helpful also for workplaces to continue to attract and retain their female workers to provide work balance and give a quantitative boost to total work environment. The findings will also be important to curriculum planners in the sense that factors affecting women in the teaching profession would be raised and addressed. The findings would moreover help to motivate the managers in various work places to develop appropriate coping mechanisms to manage stress affecting the female teachers in their work places.
About the Author
Dr. Sadiya Haliru Magaji the lead author is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto-Nigeria. She holds NCE (ABU- Zaria), B.Ed. English, M.Ed. Guidance/C and PhD G/C all of Usumanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. She has written many academic papers in many local and international journals. She is a member of Counselling Association of Nigeria (CASSON), Nigerian Society for Education Psychology (NISEP), Women in Colleges of Education (WICE) she is married happily, with children and grandchildren.
The co-author Mrs. Rukayya Malami is a lecturer working in the Department of Curriculum and Instructions, School of General Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto-Nigeria for more than a decade. Mrs. Malami attended local/international conferences and presented many articles in the areas of Guidance & Counselling, Psychology, ICT, and Higher Education among others. He is happily married with children.
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