International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research

Authors
Ohia Adanma Ngozi

Abstract
This study examined the relative contributions of avoidance and social support components of workload management to job performance of university lecturers in Rivers State, Nigeria. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 600 university lecturers was selected for the study through purposive sampling technique. Two instruments namely “Workload Management Strategies Questionnaire” (WMSQ) and “Lecturers’ Job Performance Scale” (LJPS) were used for data collection. The face and content validities of the instruments were established. Reliabilities of WMSQ and LJPS were determined through Cronbach alpha and test-retest methods respectively. Overall reliability coefficients of 0.72 and 0.70 were obtained for WMSQ and LJPS respectively. Simple linear regression, and t-value associated with simple regression were used for data analysis at 0.05 alpha level. Findings include that; avoidance component of workload management contributes to job performance of university lecturers by 1.06% as indicated by the coefficient of determination; social support component of workload management contributes to job performance of university lecturers by 54% as indicated by the coefficient of determination. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made among which are that; university lecturers in Nigeria should seek support from professional colleagues and those around them to minimize pressure arising from their job.