. Valentine Joseph Owan; . Jennifer Uzoamaka Duruamaku‑Dim; . Abigail Edem Okon; . Levi Udochukwu Akah; . Daniel Clement Agurokpon; . Isaac Ofem Ubi; . Victor Atah Abanyam
Volume 12, Issue 8 , September 2022, , Pages 1-10
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Graduates’ job performance has become a matter that needs urgent attention.This is because many stakeholders are increasingly becoming interested in understanding ...
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BACKGROUND: Graduates’ job performance has become a matter that needs urgent attention.This is because many stakeholders are increasingly becoming interested in understanding theextent schools are able to produce output that meets the yearnings of society. Along these lines, weexamined the contributions of alcohol intake to the job performance of higher education graduateswhile treating mental stress and psychotic experiences as mediators in the nexus.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study's population comprised all the graduates of higher educationinstitutions in Nigeria between 2015 and 2020. Data were collected from a virtual cross‑section of3,862 graduates who self‑reported to have taken alcohol in the past. These participants respondedto an electronic questionnaire that was mailed to them. The scale content validity for clarity andrelevance were 0.90 and 0.88, respectively, while the Cronbach alpha reliability estimate of theinstrument is 0.86.RESULTS: Amongst many others, key findings indicate that alcohol intake, mental stress andpsychotic experiences jointly made a significant negative contribution to the overall job performance ofgraduates (R2 = 0.256, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.23, 0.28], P = 0.00). Mental stress (B = −0.09, β= −0.14, z = −4.45, 95%CI [−0.24, −0.05], P = 0.00) and psychotic experiences (B = −0.26, β = −0.43,z = −8.07, 95%CI [−0.68, −0.16], P = 0.01) have significant negative contributions to graduates’ jobperformance, respectively. Alcohol intake and mental stress jointly predict the psychotic experiencesof graduates (B = −0.26, β = −0.43, z = −8.07, 95%CI [−0.68, −0.16], P = 0.01). Alcohol intake has apositive contribution to the mental stress of graduates (R2 = 0.797, 95%CI [0.77, 0.825], P = 0.01).Mental stress and psychotic experiences jointly mediated the relationship between alcohol intakeand graduates’ job performance.CONCLUSION: It was concluded that high intake of alcohol and high levels of mental stress andpsychotic experiences significantly reduce graduates’ job performance generally and in specificaspects. Alcohol intake can increase graduates’ job performance to a small extent depending onthe amount consumed.
