EMPLOYEE SELF-CARE, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND BURNOUT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL

This study interrogated the relationships that exist between self-care practices, occupational stress and employees’ burnout amongst security personnel, using Lagos State University, as a reference point. The study utilised the cross-sectional approach of the survey research design, and the convenience sampling technique was adopted to select 118 security personnel for final analyses. Founded on extant literatures, three research hypotheses were stated and tested using the Person’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC), and the Multiple Regression. Whilst one research question was raised and explained using the line graph. The results of the tested hypotheses revealed a significant relationship between self-care practices and burnout. Also, a significant relationship was established between occupational stress and burnout of selected security personnel. While a significant influence of both self-care practices and occupational stress on employees’ burnout was established with an adjusted R2 of 0.18, which presupposes that 18% of the variance in security’s burnout was as a result of self-care practices and employee stress. Also, it was established through a FSB (fasting blood sugar) test that, there exist variations in the sugar level of security personnel. Consequently, this study concludes that security personnel should ensure they draw up workplace stressors, and acquaint themselves with relevant coping strategies to lessening the stressors. Also, the University Management through its security unit should create an enabling working environment, suitable and flexible work-duty schedules, an employees’ wellness programme, and an appropriate stress reduction awareness.