The Influence Of Workers’ Personality And Gender On Occupational Stress In Akwa Ibom State Ministries Of Finance And Works, Uyo, Nigeria
Keywords:
Introversion, Stressors, Gender, Extraversion, Occupational stressAbstract
This survey aimed at investigating the degree of susceptibility of workers from
two personality poles (extraversion/introversion) and gender to occupational
stress. Data were collected from one hundred and ninety civil servants (hundred
males and ninety femals) between the age range of 18 - 35 years in the Akwa
Ibom State ministries of works and finance, Uyo. Eysenck Personality
Questionnaire (EPQ) and Job-related Tension Scale (JTS) were used to determine
the personality dimensions and to measure the occupational stress of workers
respectively. A 2 x 2 factorial design was instrumental in data collection while
Analysis of Variance and F-test statistical tools were adopted for data analysis.
The two hypotheses formulated for the study were rejected. This revealed that
there is a significant difference between extraverted and introverted workers
response to occupational stress as there is a significant difference between male
and female workers response to occupational stress. Based on the results of the
study, it was advanced that stress management strategies aimed at ensuring
employee performance and organizational effectiveness should take personality
and gender differences into consideration.
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