Relationship between lecturers’ commitment and university goal achievement in south-west geo-political zone, Nigeria. Nigerian
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2020
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Department of Educational Foundation, University of Ilorin
Abstract
Lecturers need to be committed to the university in order to be efficient
and effective. J\1ost often than not, lecturers in Nigerian universities are
blamed for under- perfonnance of uni\iersities. This study therefore
investigate (i) the :zevel of lecturerl'· commitment in south west geopolitical zone, Nigeria, (ii) the level of university goal achievement in
south west geo-political zone, Nigeria, and (iii) ff there is any
relationship between leciure,~s' commitment and university goal
achievement. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study.
The population of the study is 4,951 lecturers of federal universities
in south 1vest geo-political zone, . Nigeria. Proportional sampling
technique was used to select 1,361 lec;turers and students' academic
performance pro~forma was used to collect data on university goal
achievement because it was limited to university goal achievement in
teaching. Percentage was used td answer the research questions while
Chi-square statistic was used to test the hypothesis formulated. The
findings ~f the study showed fha't (i) university lecturers in south west
geopolitical zone, Nigeria are committed, (ii) the level of university
goal achievement (in teaching) in south west geo-political zone, Nigeria
is on the average, and (iii) there Is significant relationship between
lecturers' commitment and university goal achievement in south west
geo-political zone, Nigeria. The study . concluded that to enhance
university goal achievement high lecturers' commitment must be
ensured it was therefore recommended that lecturers' commitment
should he enhanced through the provision of adequate developmental
programmes, adequate cornpensation, high supervisory and co-worker
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Abdulkareem, R. L. & Abdullahi, N. J. K (2020): Relationship between lecturers’ commitment and university goal achievement in south-west geo-political zone, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Educational Foundation (NIJEF). 19 (1); 161-175, Published by Department of Educational Foundation, University of Ilorin.
Keywords
Lecturers' job commitment, University Goal Achievement