STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG ACADEMICS: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK

Michael Olalekan Adeoti¹, Emmanuel Adesola Oluremi¹, Gatha Elizabeth¹&Elizabeth Ijeoma Adeoti²

¹Department of Business Administration and Management, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Nigeria

²Lizzy Xclusive, Bida

Email: michaelolalekanadeoti@gmail.com

ABSTRACT  

This paper examined the moderating influence of workplace spirituality on the relationship between work pressure, work overload, work environment, financial pressure and stress among academics. The purpose of this study is to propose a framework and state propositions. It is a conceptual paper which reviewed previous empirical studies on the antecedents of stress and workplace spirituality. Drawing from effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and job demand control (JDC) models, there will be a positive relationship between perceived work pressure, work overload, unfavourable work environment, financial pressure and stress. It is recommended that the regulators and administrators of tertiary institutions need to be aware of the causative factors of stress and the need to employ strategies to minimize the negative emotional, psychological, physiological, and health-related consequences of stress among academics. Also, there is a need to encourage spirituality in the workplace among academics as antidote to stress. In conclusion, it is worthy to note that this paper extended research on stress management by proposing a framework that employed workplace spirituality as a moderator. However, there is a need for empirical studies to test the proposed model. 

Keywords: Stress, work pressure, work environment, financial pressure, and workplace spirituality.