Job Stress and Academic Staff : A Case Study at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Abstract

Job stress can lead to loss of productivity among employees across occupations. The study was to investigate how job stress affects academic staff in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The objectives of the study are description of the nature of the job, examination of the stress factors related to the job and productivity level of academic staff. The two hypotheses used by the study are whether there is significant positive relationship between nature of job and stress factors; and whether stress factors have positive significant influence on the productivity of academic staff.