Occupational Stress and Job Performance among Officers of the Nigeria Police in Rivers State, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17605/cajssh.v7i1.1233Keywords:
Stress, Job performance, stressors, Work Environment, Employee Well-beingAbstract
The study examined occupational stress and Nigeria Police Job performance in Rivers State, Nigeria. Descriptive Survey design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 400 was obtained from a population of 19,533 Nigeria Police officers using Taro Yamane Scientific Formula. A self-designed instrument titled, ‘Occupational Stress and Nigeria Police Job Performance Questionnaire (OSaNPJPQ)’ was used for data collection. Instrument was validated by experts and a reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was obtained using the Cronbach’s Alpha technique. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The research questions and hypotheses were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation respectively. The findings of the study revealed that the existence of the obnoxious contributory Pension scheme (PENCOM), poor conditions of service, inadequate crime fighting equipment, nagging spouses etc., are the main stressors that have negatively affected the Nigeria Police Job performance in Rivers State, Nigeria. Based on the above, it is recommended that the federal government and the Nigeria Police leadership should improve the general welfare of officers, remove obnoxious laws (especially the PENCOM), provide crime-fighting equipment, encourage on-the-job training that will boost the Nigeria Police officers’ self-esteem. Finally, the Nigeria Police officers must develop healthy coping skills including; hobbies, improve on their relationship with members of the public, acquire stress management skills, avoid corrupt practices, and dehumanization of the citizens they are constitutionally empowered to protect.
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