INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND ACADEMIC STAFF PRODUCTIVITY IN OGUN STATE’S PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The effectiveness of academic staff in discharging their duties depends on the quality of skills, knowledge, and competencies they possess. Hence, this paper investigated institutional development programmes and academic staff productivity in Ogun State’s public tertiary institutions. Three research questions and two research hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The study utilised a descriptive survey research design. Population of the study was 2,012 academic staff. Sample size was 334 respondents who were selected using simple randomly sampling technique in the two randomly selected tertiary institutions in the state. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed among others, that institutional development programmes were significantly related to the capacity of academic staff for community engagement services in tertiary institutions; and a significant relationship existed between institutional development programmes and professional effectiveness of academic staff in public tertiary institutions. The study concluded that institutional development programmes related to academic staff’s productivity in public tertiary institutions in Ogun State. This study recommended, among others, that school management and other stakeholders in the tertiary education sector should be committed to provision of varieties and quality institutional development programmes for academic staff regularly to enhance their job effectiveness.