Benue State University, Makurdi

PROVOSTS’ MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AS DETERMINANTS OF STAFF JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Andokie Elizabeth Ikong, Dr. Margaret Uga Oluwole and Dr. Ezekiel Dondo Ivagher

Abstract

This study investigated provosts’ management techniques as determinants of staff job performance in Public Colleges of Education in Cross River State, Nigeria.Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population was made up of 2,142 staff (906 academic staff and 1,236 Non-academic Staff) from two colleges of education in Cross Rivers State. The sample size was 294 respondents representing 14% of 2,142 staff. The study employed multistage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Provost Management Techniques as Determinants of Staff Job Performance Questionnaire (PMTDSJPQ)”. The instrument was validated by three experts from Benue State University, Makurdi and Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi. The instrument was trial tested on 50 respondents in the College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State which yielded the cronbacch alpha reliability coefficient of 0.85. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions. The two null hypotheses were tested using chi-square of goodness-of-fit at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that provosts’ management techniques such as capacity development programmes and physical facilities to a high extent are significant determinants of staff job performance in colleges of education. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that provosts in colleges of education should provide adequate training capacity development programmes such as seminars, workshops, conferences for staff to enhance staff job performance. State government and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) should equip the colleges with state of the arts facilities such as staff offices, laboratories, tables, chairs, library facilities such as journals, textbooks and index to enhance their job performance.

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