STAFF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND UNIVERSITY EFFECTIVENESS IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between staff personnel management practices in Southwest Nigerian universities. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the research. The population of the study consisted of all academic and non-academic staff of the 3 universities in Ekiti State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 240 academic staff and non-academic staff as respondents to the instrument. A self-developed structured questionnaire entitled “Staff Personnel Management and University Effectiveness Questionnaire (SPMUEQ)” was used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of 0.81 was established with the help of Cronbach Alpha. The data generated was analysed using mean statistics and independent sample t-test at 0.05 level of significance to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that staff personnel services are inadequate and need more improvement. It was concluded that administrators of universities should ensure that staff are offered opportunities for re-training to enhance their professional growth. It was recommended that all staff personnel services should be geared towards getting the best out of the work force.