Impact of Stress on Tertiary Institution Academic Staff Performance in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the Impact of Stress on Tertiary Institution Academic Staff Performance in Nigeria. The specific objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of stress on the Performance of academic staff of tertiary institutions in Nigeria and used Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka as its sample. Primary source of data was used for the research via questionnaire and interview method to a sample of 303 respondents from the selected tertiary. The findings show a significant relationship between stress and the performance of the teaching staff of tertiary institutions and concluded that a significant relationship exists among the variables. The studies recommend that Loan advances should be made available to the teaching staff and that government should provide Improved working environment required for stress free environment for the teaching staff.