Staff Development Programmes and Performances of Academic Saff in Federal Universities in South-East Nigeria
Abstract
This work examined staff development programmes and performance of academic staff in Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study reviewed relevant literature under conceptual framework, theoretical studies, empirical studies and summary of studies reviewed. The study adopted a correlational design. The population of the study comprised 13,165 academic staff in Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria. The sample of the study consisted of 378 drawn from the population using Taro Yamane formula. Data for the study were obtained as primary and secondary sources of data. The instruments that were used for data collection were Staff Development Questionnaire (SDQ) and Teacher Job Performance (TJPQS). The research questions were answered using simple percentage whereas the hypotheses was tested at 0.05 level of significance using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study found that there is a relationship between job training and performance of academic staff; Workshop had a positive significant relationship with adaptive performance of academic staff. There is a positive significant relationship between seminar and environmental performance of academic staff; Conferences had a positive significant relationship with academic staff; There is a positive significant relationship between mentoring and adaptive performance of academic staff of Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study concluded that there is the need for continuous permission for academic staff job performance of Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria to embark on staff development programmes since their performance are enhanced through such programs. Therefore, the study recommended that Government should mobilize adequate funds for regular workshops of academic staff in Federal Universities. This study makes a contribution in guiding the linkage of performance to the management of job training, workshop, seminar, conferences and mentoring as the in Federal Universities in South-East, Nigeria.
