International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) |Volume IX, Issue X, October 2022|ISSN 2321-2705
Olabode, Segun Oluwaseun1; and Adesanya, Atinuke Regina2
1Department of Management Technology, Faculty of Management Sciences, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria
2Department of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria
Abstract: This study examinesthe effects of work schedule design, on the level of stress and strainamong academic staffs in Lagos State University. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study population is five hundred and fifty-seven (557) academic staff of Lagos State University, Ojo campus. Whilea sample size of two hundred and thirty-four (234) was drawn from the population. The study adopted a stratified and purposive sampling techniques in selecting the sample from the population. The study found that,there was a moderate positive relationship between work schedule design, and level of stress and strain with R =0.583 based on the academic environment tested. The study concluded that, the use of such indicators as work schedule,and the level of stress and strain, especially within academic work environments give a new insight to how these factors can also improve the success of an organisation effectively and employee performance. The study, therefore, recommended that management in an academic system would need to develop a policy that would enhance the improvement of work schedule to reduce the level of stress and strain in a knowledge- based environment.
I. INTRODUCTION
Determining the importance of employees to organisations cannot be over emphasised as this have been repeatedly established by researchers and international organisations such as theInternational Labour Organisation (ILO, 2011). The importance of employees can be identified in the works of researchers like Gabčanová (2011),Golden (2011), Heskett (2006) and ILO, (2011) among others. With the global trends towards automation and project within firms specifically, the output quality depends largely on the caliber of human resource (Gabčanová, 2011). The human resource adds the necessary creativity and innovation to improve the output quality that can give a desirable edge or competitiveness to an organisation. To get the desired competitive edge, management of most organisations identify and implement strategic decision(s)s to enhance the performance of the employees (Gabčanová, 2011). Such strategicdecision(s) could be designing a work system that makes a jobsuitable for the human, instead of the human for the job (Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, 2012). This strategic innovative decision is called Human Factor Engineering also known as Ergonomics.