Abstract:
This study examined the influence of job stress, emotional intelligence and
creativity on the job performance of tutors in colleges of education in Ghana.
The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The multistage
sampling procedure was used to select 292 colleges of education tutors for the
study. The stress inventory, emotional intelligence scale, creativity scale and
job performance scale were adapted as the data collection instruments for the
study. Descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson
Product Moment Correlation, multiple linear regression and MANOVA)
statistics were utilised to analyse the data. Findings showed that college
education tutors experienced much stress. Also, the study revealed that tutors
had high emotional intelligence, creativity and job performance. The findings
indicated that an increase in the emotional intelligence and creativity level of
the college of education tutors increased their job performance.
Further, the study revealed that male tutors in colleges of education had higher
levels of creativity and job performance than female tutors. Again, the findings
indicated that college of education tutors who had 5-10 years of teaching
experience experienced a higher level of job stress as compared to those who
had below 5 years of teaching experience. The study’s results and conclusions
led to the recommendation that guidance and counselling programmes and
seminars be organised to assist tutors in successfully managing their stress since
it adversely impacts their work performance.
