Organizational Climate and Lecturers'Job Performance In Public Universities In Anambra State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of organizational climate and lecturers 'job performance in public universities in Anambra State, Nigeria”. Specifically the study examined the effect of controlled organizational climate on operational performance of lecturer in public Universities; familiar organizational climate on environmental performance of lecturer in public Universities and the effect of autonomous organizational climate on contextual performance of lecturer in public Universities in Anambra State, Nigeria. Relevant conceptual, theoretical and empirical literature was reviewed taking cognizance of the problem and the hypotheses of the study. The study was anchored Equity theory. Descriptive research design was adopted. The study was conducted in public universities in Anambra State, Nigeria. Data were sourced from primary and secondary data. The population comprised 4020 lecturers from two public universities in Anambra State, Nigeria. The sample size consist 408 lecturers from public Universities in Anambra State, Nigeria using statistical formula devised by Cochran. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Face and content validity was adopted in this study. The reliability of instrument was established through the test- retest method and Cronbach Alpha. Simple percentage analysis was employed to answer the research questions, while Linear Regression Analysis was use in testing research hypotheses. The result revealed that controlled organizational climate has a positive significant influence on operational performance of lecturer in public Universities; familiar organizational climate has a positive significant effect on environmental performance of lecturer in public Universities and autonomous organizational climate has a positive significant effect on contextual performance of lecturer in public Universities in Anambra State, Nigeria. (t =23.398, p=0.000). The study concluded that organizational climate had a positive significant effect on performance of lecturer in public Universities in Anambra State, Nigeria. The study recommended that Universities should be high intimacy between employee and management as well as task achievement comes into play as a result of controlled organizational climate which influence operational performance of lecturer in public