Abstract:
This study assessed occupational stress, burnout, job dissatisfaction and
turnover intentions among Senior High School teachers in the Cape Coast
Metropolis. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The census
method was used to involve all the 520 teachers in the selected public Senior
High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The research instrument used was
a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and percentages) and
inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation, independent
samples t-test, regression and ANOVA) were employed for the data analysis.
The findings showed low to moderate levels of occupational stress, burnout,
job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions among the teachers engaged in the
research. The study also revealed a significant relationship between
occupational stress and burnout among teachers in the Cape Coast Metropolis.
Also, the study showed that there was no significant relationship between
burnout and job dissatisfaction among SHS teachers in the Cape Coast
Metropolis. However, there was a significant relationship between burnout
and turnover intentions among the group of studied teachers. In addition, the
findings of the study showed that occupational stress has a significant impact
on turnover intentions among teachers, though, burnout had no significant
impact on turnover intentions among the studied teachers. Based on the
findings and the conclusions drawn, it was recommended that the Ghana
Education Service (GES) and other analogous institutions should consciously
re-design the responsibilities of teachers in the classroom in such a way that it
may reduce the occupational stress, burnout and turnover intentions teachers
experience on their jobs.
