The Relationship between Personality Types and Occupational Stress of Teachers in selected Private Higher Education Institutions of Addis Ababa
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2020-06
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between personality types and
occupational stress of teachers in private higher education institutions of Addis Ababa. The
study employed correlational research design and the lottery method was used to select 154
participants. Two instruments were used which were Big Five Inventory (BFI) and Teachers
Occupational Stress Scale (TOSS). To analyze the collected data, both descriptive and
inferential statistics were applied. The findings of the study revealed that 30.3% of the
teachers experienced a low level of stress, 42.8% experienced moderate levels of stress, and
26.9% experienced high levels of occupational stress. Female teachers score significantly
higher occupational stress (M=57.74, SD=11.24) as compared to the males (M=47.76, SD=
5.24) and the t-test yielded a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of
male and female teachers on the overall occupational stress scale (t=-4.491, df=143,
P=.000, α=0.05). The result also indicated that there is a significant negative correlation
between occupational stress and conscientiousness (r=-0.442, p<0.05), agreeableness and
occupational stress (r=-0.371, p<0.05), and extraversion and occupational stress (r=-0.347,
p<0.05). However, there is no statistically significant relationship between openness and
occupational stress of teachers (r=-0.002, p>0.05). There was a significant positive
correlation between neuroticism and the occupational stress of teachers (r=0.211, p<0.05).
Moreover, the results revealed that personality has a statistically significant negative link
with occupational stress (r=-0.338, p<0.05)