• Joshua Mburu Ndung u
• Anne Wanjiku Sang
• Boniface Matayo Ratemo

This study sought to investigate the influence of role stressors on job performance of academic staff of public universities in Kenya. The need was informed by the fact that poor job performance among the staff has been noted as evidenced by Kenya being position 97 out of 137 in the higher education sector category rankings. It has been further revealed that Kenya was ranked position 100 out of 132 countries in global innovation index in the year 2023. To remedy the situation, studies have been carried and recommendations given which include changes in top organizational managers’ behaviour, improvement of work environment, organizational communication and employee empowerment. But among the studies, hardly has any recommended interventions focusing on role stressors that affects the staff who discharge the core mandate of universities. There was therefore a need for this study to be carried out focusing on role stressors. It was anchored on the Person-Environment Fit theory and supported by the Transactional model of stress and coping. A positivist research philosophy was adopted with descriptive research design. Data was collected using questionnaires after which both descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out. This study established that role stressors had a statistically significant negative association with job performance which was consistent with the predictions of the Person-Environment Fit Theory. This study therefore recommends that university managers be proactive in reducing role stressors which can be done through wide and thorough consultations during deployment of staff to various roles as well as proper job design.

Role stressors, Job performance

"Role Stressors and Job Performance: A Positivist Evaluation of Academic Staff in Public Universities in Kenya", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.d323-d332, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404345.pdf

"Role Stressors and Job Performance: A Positivist Evaluation of Academic Staff in Public Universities in Kenya", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppd323-d332, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404345.pdf