Meet SHOLESI OLAYINKA YUSUF, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Industrial Relations And Human Resource Management
Lecturer II
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management
At the Industrial Relations And Personnel Management department office
Appointment on Visitation important
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Ph.D IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS) | LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO | 2021 |
OCCUPATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT OF TRUCK DRIVERS AND ITS EFFECT ON ROAD SAFETY: EVIDENCE FROM PETROLEUM TANKER DRIVERS IN NIGERIA
Globally safety of truck drivers and matters related to stress have been of great concern in the transportation sector. The movement of weighty vehicles is a task that is engrossed in high risk and hazard Shattel, Apostolopoules, Sonmez Griffin, 2010 . Truck drivers make a major contribution to road traffic accidents in Nigeria and several studies have acknowledged that fatigue is dangerous for occupational truck drivers because of its effect on their performance. Although in developing counties like Nigeria, it is a known peril leading to various accidents Dawson, Chopman, Thomas, 2012 . It is a fact that people are not able to carry out their work within safety parameters. The state regulatory agencies are mounting a lot of pressure and putting in measures to ensure high safety standards for truck drivers in the country. However high truck weight, size and the breach of the speed limitled to brutal road accidents Chang Chiex, 2018 . Recent empirical evidence reveals that truck drivers display the highest level of dangerous driving attributes Useche, Ortiz, Cendales, 2017 . The issue of stress management and truck drivers in road safety management has recently become topical due to the increase in fatal road accidents caused by truck drivers on Nigerian roads. Previous studies Taylor Dorn 2006;Sabirandlsha 2017 revealed that various issues account for truck drivers stress and health. These factors which can be categorized into work or personal-related issues include fatigue, unhealthy working conditions, bad health, job insecurity, and unharmonious family relationship. All these affect truck drivers performance by increasing their stress levels and subsequently causing road accidents.This study, therefore, intend to examine the link between occupational stress management of truck drivers and road safety in Lagos State.
SHOLESI OLAYINKA is a Lecturer II at the Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management
SHOLESI has a Ph.D in Ph.D IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS from LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO
