INFLUENCE OF AGE AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ON WORKPLACE STRESS AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS IN ILORIN, NIGERIA

This study was carried out to investigate whether age and educational qualification has any influence on workplace stress among civil servants or not. The researcher sampled 200 civil servants in Ilorin metropolis in order to gather their sources of work place stress. A researcher designed instrument tagged “Influence of Age and Educational Qualifications on Workplace Stress Questionnaire” (IAEQWS) was used to elicit civil servants influence of age and educational qualification on workplace stress. Two hundred (200) respondents were randomly selected, purposive sampling techniques was used to select the respondents for the study. The findings indicated that age did not have any influence on workplace stress among civil servants but educational qualification was found to influence workplace stress among civil servants. Some salient recommendations related to the findings have been made, including the fact that the stakeholders in the education industry at federal and state levels should make the kind of remedies which will adequately ameliorate the sources of stress and provide solutions to stress problem. Keywords: Age, Educational Qualification, Workplace, Stress.