Authors : Patience Okwudili Nwosu, Eucharia Nchedo Aye, Ngozi Edith Ekesionye, Ikpechukwu E. Ibenekwu, Chidubem J. Nwogaidu, Matthew Ikechukwu Eze and Nkiruka Christiana Ohia
Abstract: The study objective was to determinethe impact of age on work stress among academic administrators of universities in South-East Nigeria. This is a survey study which consisted of 786 public universities administrators of South-East Nigeria (Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo State) in the study area through purposive procedure. The Work Stress of Academic Administrators Questionnaire (WSAAQ)” structured on a four-point rating scale of Strongly Agreed (SA) to Strongly Disagreed (SD) was used for data collection. The Cronbach alpha reliability was 0.90. Direct delivery of the questionnaire with five research assistants was employed. For analysis of data, mean and standard deviation were employed. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 probability level using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results showed that there is no significant mean difference in the work stress of young and old university administrators in South-East Nigeria. Thus, South-East government should try to recruit young administrators and lecturers to their various institutions from time-time to ensure adequacy in job performance and delivery in order to boost human service and workstress-free in universities in South-East Nigeria. Consequently, university administrators are urged to embrace their work with good fate in order to shun work stress.
Patience Okwudili Nwosu, Eucharia Nchedo Aye, Ngozi Edith Ekesionye, Ikpechukwu E. Ibenekwu, Chidubem J. Nwogaidu, Matthew Ikechukwu Eze and Nkiruka Christiana Ohia, 2020. Work Stress by Age of University Academic Administrators in South-East Nigeria. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 2149-2155.