Title:
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY REFLECTION

Authors:
Nyakeko Francis ,Dr. Coletha C. Ngirwa and Dr. Winfrida Malingumu ,Tanzania

Abstract:
This paper aims at linking employee perceptions on occupational stress to job performance in organizations. It adopted documentary review methodology by visiting peer reviewed literatures about the trend of global and Tanzanian issues on occupational stress. This review grounded from Job Demand Control Model (JDCM) to explain the association between employees’ feeling of occupational stress and its possible consequences on job performance. It is assumed in this paper that work force experiencing stress in the working endeavors cannot perform well the job. This paper proposes empirical investigation on information related with types of stress, the causes of occupational stress, consequences of occupational stress on teachers’ job performance and managing stress for teachers’ job performance. The results showed that: Acute stress, episodic acute stress and chronic stress are the types of stress among teachers. Role of conflict, excessive workloads and lack career development were some of the observed causes of occupational stress among secondary school teachers. Physiological and psychological were also reported by literatures as some of the consequences of occupational stress among secondary school teachers. Lastly, the paper provides conclusion and recommendations