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ABSTRACT
The study focused on understanding the sources of occupational stress among road safety workers in Benin City. To guide the study four research questions were raised.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted to accomplish the objectives of the study. The population of the study consists of three hundred and fifty, (350) federal road safety workers in Benin City, Edo state and the sample size of thirty five (35) FRSC workers in Benin City Edo state. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire developed by the researcher and was validated by the three (3) experts in the Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education. The reliability coefficient was 0.728 which was obtained using Cronbach Alpha reliability Co-efficient (PPMCC). The data collected were analyzed statistically using the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) software.
The study revealed that the various sources of occupational stress among road safety workers in Benin City are drivers who do not follow road sign, FRSC workers trying to arrest/correct a wrong road user is stress most days, Facing discrimination/harassment at work from commercial bus drivers, Going on field/road routine and the fear of FRSC workers getting knock down by vehicle on road side. The study therefore recommends that the supervisors and managers need to explore the causes of the stress of employees within the working environment. They must assess the level of their subordinate knowledge and skills, whether they will be able to handle some forms of stress. They must agree on performance contract with regard to avoiding or reducing stress so that they can give employees with job maturity and control over their job.
