Dimensions of Work Stress on Employee’s Performance of Christian Faith-based University in Nigeria

Direction from Transactional Theory of Stress

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of work stress on employee performance of Christian faith-based university in Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted using a structured questionnaire with a total reliability coefficient of 0.759. Primary data were obtained from 143 respondents, through census sampling technique. The data obtained were descriptively analysed and interpreted, while the hypotheses of the study were tested using chi-square, ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis, at 0.05 level of significance. Pressure of work overload had a strong association with employee performance as affirmed by a mean rating of 3.77 (M =3.77, SD = 0.7395) and was significant (χ² = 42.182, p<. 05).  Also, the significant effect of pressure of work overload on employee performance was confirmed at the 5% level of significance (B = 0.966, t = -3.348, p = 0.001, p< .05). Similarly, role conflict influenced employee performance to a high extent, as affirmed by a grand mean rating of 4.02 (M =4.02, SD = 0.5412), and was significant (χ² = 114.727, p<0. 05). The null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% level of significance and concluded that role conflict significantly influenced academic employees’ performance in the university (B = 1.387, t = 7.181, p = 0.000, p< 0.05). Consequently, the study concluded that work stress dimensions (pressure of work load and role conflict) significantly influenced employee performance of Christian faith-based university in Nigeria.