Abstract: The main aim of the study was to establish the influence of work-related stress on governance of teachers’ in public secondary schools in Juja Sub-county in Kenya. The study was guided by two specific objectives which included to examine the effect of policies-related stress on governance of public secondary schools teachers in Juja Sub-county and to establish the effect of economic-related stress on governance of public secondary schools in Juja Sub-county. In Kenya, teachers are confronted with occupational, pedagogical and technological changes which have largely influenced alterations in their working conditions. Changes of this nature have been reported to be partly responsible for work stress and this subsequently affects how teachers perform. The study used three theories related to work-related stress: path-goal, person-environment fit and effort-related imbalance theories. The study sought to bridge the existing knowledge gap on the effects of work-related stress on teachers’ performance in Juja Sub-county, Kiambu County, Kenya. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were used whereby subjects were selected from existing subgroups in the population. Out of a total population of 190 TSC teachers from eight secondary schools, a sample size of 66 respondents was selected from eight secondary schools. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data while the secondary data was collected through review of published documents and text books. The presentation of data was through tables. The findings from the study indicate that management-related stress, family-related stress, policies-related stress and economic-related stress affect teachers’ performance in Juja Sub-county. The findings further indicate that up to 81% of the teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Juja Sub-county could be attributed to the combined effects of the variables studied. The study also suggested for further studies to be conducted on the emerging job related stress factors such as the effects of the new performance appraisal on teachers’ performance in public schools in Kenya as well as a side by side comparison of the same variables in other Sub-counties and Counties in Kenya.
Keywords: Work-related stress, performance, turnover.
Title: INFLUENCE OF WORK-RELATED STRESS ON GOVERNANCE OF TEACHERS’ IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JUJA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Waititu Francis Munyua, Dr. Kepha Andrew Ombui
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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