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.
