Occupational Stress Management of Truck Drivers and its Effect on Road Safety: Evidence from Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos State, Nigeria
1Sholesi, Olayinka Yusuf, PhD, 2Abdul-Azeez Ibraheem Forson, PhD, 3Taiwo, Ositimehin
1Department Of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management Faculty of Management Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos Orcid no-0000-0002-0196-4026
2School of Transport and Logistics Lagos State University
3Martin J Whitman School of Management Syracuse University, Newyork
https://doi.org/10.47191/jefms/v7-i7-16
ABSTRACT:
The feeling of apathy among truck drivers regarding managing their health and work stress is endangering lives and properties on Lagos roads. The study examined occupational stress management of truck drivers and its effect on road safety. The study adopted the descriptive survey research designusing a complete enumeration method (Census).Copies of the questionnaire were distributed to hundred truck drivers who are executive members of the union in the state. The questionnaire was designed on a four-point Likert scale and the study used Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple regression in analyzing the collected data. The findings revealed that there is a strong relationship between fatigue and road safety and a weak relationship between inattention and road safety. The findings further revealed that fatigue and inattention account for 47.8% of road safety issues experienced by truck drivers in Lagos State. The study concluded that the indicators identified for the independent variable are good measures of the occupational stress construct. However, the study recommended among others that employers of truck drivers and their unions should enlighten them and create more awareness of the need for them to pay more attention to their health to ensure the safety of lives and properties on Lagos roads.
KEYWORDS:
Occupational Stress, Truck Drivers, Road Safety.
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