scholarly journals Contributory Pension Scheme and Academic Staff Commitment in Private Tertiary Institutions in South-East, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith Chinenye Ekwunife ◽  
Femi Bamidele Egunlusi ◽  
Goddey Chukwudi Chikwe
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Staff Commitment

Peace Management and Enhanced Academic Performance of Tertiary Institutions in South-South Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Obule Ebuara ◽  
Uduak Imo Ekpoh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
T Test ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Analyze Data

This study was embarked upon with a view to examining the need for peace in the management of tertiaryinstitutions towards enhancing academic performance in south-south Nigeria. Three hypotheses and one researchquestion guided the study. One thousand, two hundred and nineteen (1219) academic and non-academic staff wereselected for the study. A 31 item researcher developed questionnaire was used to collect data from the sampled staffin their respective institutions. Population t-test and mean scores were used to analyze data collected. Findings showthat peace was advocated but there were serious inadequacies in the implementation and enforcement process ofpeace. Proposed peace was scarcely enforced to the detriment of academic performance. The manner and approachto existing peace management does not actually address the issue of peace building. Based on the findings,recommendations were made which included among others, that conflict resolution and peace education coursesshould be introduced in the school curriculum.

scholarly journals Postgraduate Studies in Africa: The Looming Crisis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wisdom Tettey
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Postgraduate Student ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Staff Shortage ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Huge Challenge

Academic staff shortage has become a huge challenge for African universities, and no respite seems to be in sight. This article argues characteristics of African universities: postgraduate student enrollment, gender distribution, master's and doctoral enrollees and program choices, graduation, retention, and completion rates. To regenerate academe, African tertiary institutions will not only have to improve the relative numbers, proportion, distribution, and quality of postgraduate students who enter but also ensure that these same characteristics are reflected in postgraduate output.

Addressing Career Obstacles within a Changing Higher Education Work Environment: Perspectives of Academics

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cobus Pienaar ◽  
Coen Bester
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
General Management ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Specific Career

Many changes have occurred in Higher Education Institutions (HEI), which contribute to high levels of work stress among academic staff members and that impact on job satisfaction, job involvement and job engagement. Owing to these changes, academics attached to tertiary institutions are being confronted with specific career obstacles that impact negatively on their job satisfaction and productivity. Our purpose in this study was to determine, from the academic's point of view, the role that HEIs can play to address these obstacles. In terms of positive psychology, persons should not only become aware of their problems, but also come up with alternative solutions on how to address them. A sample of 93 academics from one university, representing the early, middle, and late career stages was selected. The data were obtained by means of the Delphi technique in order to enable respondents to reveal fully what they were experiencing. Respondents were requested to suggest specific actions that could be taken to address the career obstacles academics are confronted with. The most important solutions were related to better remuneration, more effective management of role overload, more effective performance management, more training and development opportunities, more support regarding individual career management, more effective general management, more support regarding research outputs, elimination of discrimination practices, transformation initiatives, encouraging of entrepreneurship, improvement of equipment and working conditions, creation of job security, and promotion of networking.

scholarly journals Effects of Emotional Exhaustion on Employee Performance among Academic Staff of Tertiary Institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Akeke, Niyi Israel ◽  
Ogundipe Christie Folake ◽  
Bankole Oluwole Adeniyi ◽  
Alamu Ibunkunoluwa Oluwafunmilayo
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Tertiary Institutions

scholarly journals Relationship between Tertiary Institutions’ Policy Statements (Appointments and Promotion) Implementations and Academic Staff Job Satisfaction in Adamawa State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwaji Tizhe Takwate
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Policy Statements

This study determined the relationship between tertiary institutions’ policy statements (appointment and promotion) implementations and academic staff job satisfaction in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The total population for the study was 787 comprising 119 school administrators and 668 academic staff. The entire school administrators (119) and 250 academic staff was proportionately sampled for the study. Personnel Appointment and Promotion Policy Statement Questionnaire (PAPPSQ) and Academic Staff Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASJSQ) were used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of the research instruments are 0.94 and 0.92 respectively. Means, Standard Deviation and z-test was used to answer research question and test the null hypotheses respectively. Strict adherence to the implementation of institutional appointment and promotion policy statements by school management was rated low and high respectively by the respondents. The study revealed that school administrators and academic staff are dissatisfied with the implementation of these policies. A significant difference was found between the perceptions of the respondents on the implementation of these policies by the tertiary institutions. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that minimum qualification of first degree or its equivalent for appointment as an academic staff should be maintained and indicated in every vacancy advertisements by all state owned tertiary institutions in Adamawa state, staff should be promoted based on either research publications, time-in-rank or academic qualification as when due and monitoring teams should be set up by the institutions governing bodies to ensure strict adherence to implementation of all policy statements.

scholarly journals EXTENT OF POSSESSION OF ICT POTENTIALS BY ACADEMIC STAFF OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE

2019 ◽  
Vol VII (VI) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A EZEANO ◽  
EZIOKWU PATRICIA NKIRUKA ◽  
UJAM EVELYN CHILOTA
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Enugu State

scholarly journals Job Design and Sustainability of Tertiary Institutions in South East, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Onwuchekwa, Faith Chidi ◽  
Okoli, Chibuokem Helen ◽  
Ifeanyi, Titus Tochukwu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Job Design ◽  
Employee Empowerment ◽  
Workplace Flexibility ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Job Characteristics Model ◽  
Task Identity ◽  
The Relationship

Tertiary institutions in southeast Nigeria have in the past been bedeviled with the challenge of achieving optimal performance as a result of seemingly poor job structure as exemplified by low skill variety and poor task identity which has lead to various industrial actions. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between job design and sustainability of tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. The study was anchored on Hackman and Oldham's (1975) Job Characteristics Model (JCM). The population of the study consisted of 9240 academic and non-academic staff of six tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size of 383. Hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 5% significance level. The findings confirmed that there was a significant correlation between skill variety and employee empowerment and between task identity and workplace flexibility. It was therefore recommended among others, that managers of tertiary institutions in the South-East should take a proactive role in designing jobs that take care of the main job characteristics in the institutions.

scholarly journals Health Implications of Work-Related Stress among Academic Staff of Tertiary Institutions in Katsina State

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Mustapha H. Kurfi ◽  
Abubakar I. Hassan ◽  
Justin N. Ezenkiri
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
The State ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Health Implication ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Related Stress

<em>This study investigated the health implications of work-related stress among academic staff of tertiary institutions in Katsina State, Nigeria. This research adopts a descriptive survey design. The population of this study is 2,036 academic staff from thirteen institutions. A sample of 328 academic staff was drawn, using proportionate stratified sampling technique. A self-developed questionnaire (HIWRS-Q) with reliability of 0.75 was used. Chi-square and t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of this study revealed that 105 (32%) of the respondents do not experienced health implications of work-related stress while, 223 (68%) of the respondents experienced health implications of work-related stress. Also, there is significant health implication of work-related stress among academic staff (P=0.001&lt;0.05). There is significant difference in the health implication of work-related stress among academic staff based on institutional ownership (P=0.023&lt;0.05). There is no significant difference in the work-related stress between male and female teaching staff (P=0.650&gt;0.05). It is recommended among others that the State government should improve on the working environment and conditions of academic staff to be health-friendly, health enhancing conditions for achieving academic excellence, and sustainable productivity in the State.</em>

Job Context-Related Variables and Academic Staff Commitment in Nigerian Federal Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Subair S. Tayo ◽  
Adebola, Solomon Temitope
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Staff Commitment ◽  
Job Context
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