Falola H O, Adeniji A A, Adeyeye J O, Igbinnoba E E, Atolagbe T O
Department of Business Management, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2020 Mar 5;6(3):e03461. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03461. eCollection 2020 Mar.
This study examines the influence of institutional support strategies on the effectiveness of Faculty core job responsibilities in some selected public universities in Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the assessment of the subject matter. Six hundred (600) respondents were surveyed across all the colleges/faculties of universities selected in Nigeria with the use of stratified sampling technique. Only four hundred and twenty nine (429) copies of questionnaire representing (71.5%) response rate were returned and used for this study. Structural Equation Model (AMOS 22) was used for the analysis to find the influence institutional support initiative on efficacy of job responsibilities of Faculty. Results show research support, pedagogical support and technical support are predictors of Faculty responsiveness to quality research productivity, quality knowledge sharing and administrative efficiency. The study emphasised the need for review of the various institutional support in order to determine the appropriateness and relevance of the initiative. The study contributes to the exiting knowledge in HRM and Facility job performance. The insights from this study would be of great value to the management of universities, and other stakeholders to develop and invest in appropriate institutional support that will enhance job effectiveness of Faculty members.
本研究考察了机构支持策略对尼日利亚一些选定公立大学教师核心工作职责有效性的影响。采用调查研究设计对该主题进行评估。运用分层抽样技术，对尼日利亚选定大学的所有学院/系的600名受访者进行了调查。仅回收并用于本研究的问卷有429份，回复率为71.5%。使用结构方程模型（AMOS 22）进行分析，以找出机构支持举措对教师工作职责效能的影响。结果表明，研究支持、教学支持和技术支持是教师对高质量研究产出、高质量知识共享和行政效率做出响应的预测因素。该研究强调需要对各种机构支持进行审查，以确定举措的适当性和相关性。该研究为人力资源管理和教师工作绩效方面的现有知识做出了贡献。本研究的见解对于大学管理层和其他利益相关者制定和投资适当的机构支持以提高教师的工作有效性将具有巨大价值。
