JOB STRESSORS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS AS CORRELATES OF JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR STAFF OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Kate Odaman, Oyaziwo Aluede, Henry O. Imhonde, Obaze Osumah, Justina Efe. Afen- Akpaida, Augustina Izehiuwa Efosa-Ehioghiren, Polycarp Agweda

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This study examined the correlation among job stressors, personality traits and job performance of senior staff of Local Government Education Authorities in Edo State of Nigeria. Three hundred and forty senior staff, obtained through purposive sampling technique participated in the study. The Job Stressors, Personality Traits and Job Performance Scale (JSPFJPS), which was validated content-wise adopted to generate requisite data for the study. The study found among others that relationships exist among job stressors, personality traits and job performance of local government education senior staff. It was recommended that there is a pressing need to counsel employees in countering negative personality traits in other to enhance effective job performance in the workplace; and that workshop and seminars on job stressors, personality traits and job performance should be regularly organized so that the public can gain better understanding of the existing relationships among job stress, personality traits, and job performance that interface with sustainable development.

 

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job performance, job satisfaction, job stressors, personality traits, senior staff

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