Mentoring Practices Among Academic Staff In Sclectcd Higher Education Institutions In Kwara State, Nigeria
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2019
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AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION 2AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Abstract
The paper examined mentoring practices among academic staff in selected Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study applied a survey
research design using a semi-structured questionnaire as a dala collection instrument. A
lotal of 325 academic staff served as the sample size for this study using the convenience
sampling lechnique to facilitate the online selection of respondents. Data was collected
online
via a Google questionnaire and analyzed accordingly Findings of the study
revealed that supervisory and informal mentoring was practicalised in the selected HEIs
in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study further revealed a high level of satisfaction and
beneficial outcomes derived from mentoring practices across the selected HEls.
However, mentoring practices in HEl were faced with several institutional challenges
such as lack of training, lack of institutional support, lack of incentives and motivation on
the part of management, and lack of interest among others. Based on the findings of the
study on institutional challenges, policy recommendations were offered such as
institutionalizing formal mentoring, developing of mentoring policy, and others to aid the
successful implementation of mentoring practices in these institutions.
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Mentoring Practices, Formal Mentoring, Informal Mentoring, Peer Mentoring, Supervisory Mentoring