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Item Building a safer workplace: factors influencing healthy work place among teaching staff in selected universities(Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, 2017) Ukpabi, D. I.; Ishola, A. A.The study, examined the combined influences of workplace environmental factors; work load, role ambiguity/conflict and class size on the work stress and wellbeing among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive research design survey type. Four of the oldest federal universities in the South-west were purposively selected. The choice of these universities was based on the fact that, they belong to the group of the oldest federal-owned universities, with large number of lecturers and similar conditions of Service, large proportion of staff as well as substantial volume of task. The universities were stratified into existing faculties; seven faculties were selected from three of the universities (Universities of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta). The multistage sampling technique was used to select 1000 academic staff across the tour universities. Standardised instrument was used for data collection. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regressions at 0.05 level of significance. Results demonstrated that workplace environmental factors; work load, role ambiguity/conflict and class size accounted for 2% of change observed in (F(3,997)=12.07; R=0.19, p<.001). Work load (r=0.09) was the most important predictor of work stress and wellbeing; while class size, role ambiguity/conflict, protection, friendship and collegiality did not. Advice (r=-. 18, p<.05), feedback appraisal (r= 10, p<.05) and connectedness (r= -. 18, p<.05) predicted stress levels among academic staff. Institutional support variables; research assistance (r= -. 10, p<.05), opportunity(r= 17, p<.05) and promotion (r= 14, p<.05) were associated with lower stress levels. It was concluded that unavailability of flexible work load positively determined the work stress and wellbeing among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west Nigeria. The study submits that there is the need to improve upon the social support while effective institutional support should be provided toreduce work stress and improve the wellbeing among academic staff in the universities.Item Social and institutional supports influence on stress management among academic staff in federal universities in South-West Nigeria(2016) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.This study examined the combined influence of social (career advice. connectedness and feedbacks appraisals) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality) protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in four selected federal universities in South-West, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. The universities were stratified into existing faculties. The proportional sampling technique was used to select 1000 academic staff Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level! of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation and content analysis. Effective social support system coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as promotion positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in four(4) federal universities in the South-west Nigeria There is the need to improve upon the social supports while effective institutional supports should he provided to enhance the stress management system among the academic staff In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensured.Item Workplace environmental factors and stress management among academic staff of federal universities in south- west, Nigeria(The Faculty of Education University of Port Harcourt, 2017-10) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.Most academic staff have been found to be experiencing high level of stress, arising from long working hours, increased job demands. lack of control over work-pace and imbalanced work-life relationships. These in turns lead to feelings of worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, depression, high rates of hospitalisation and sudden deaths, and low performance. Previous studies have attempted to address this problem using mostly psychological and medical interventions with little emphasis on the degree of assistance available within the social and institutional networks in the university work environment. The study, therefore, examined the combined influence of workplace environmental factors (work load. role ambiguity/conflict and class size), social (career advice. connectedness and provision of feedbacks) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality. protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. Four of the oldest federal universities in the South-west were purposively selected. Two research hypotheses were tested for the study al 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and. Multiple Regression. Effective social support System coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as availability of flexible work load positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. There is the need to improve upon thè social supports while effective institutional supports should be provided to enhance the stress management System among thè academic staff. In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensured