IMPACT OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON JOB PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the impact of staff development programmes on job performance of Business Education lecturers in tertiary institutions in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study had two specific purposes from where two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The design of the study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised all 75 business education lecturers from the four tertiary institutions in the state. Since the population size is manageable no sampling was done. The research instrument was a 24 items structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and titled “Impact of Staff Development Programmes on Job Performance of Business Education Lecturers Questionnaire (ISDPJPBELQ). The instrument was validated by three senior experts from the School of Technology and Science Education, Modibbo Adama University, Yola. Cronbach Alpha coefficient for the two clusters yielded co-efficient values of .69 and .71 for section A and B respectively with over-all co-coefficient value of .70 which indicated that the instrument was reliable for the study. Mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research questions and simple linear regression analysis was employed in the test of the two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The study revealed that the study-fellowship training and conferences attended by Business Education lecturers have significant positive impacts on their job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that the need for Business Education lecturers to undergo study-fellowship training and conferences should not be overemphasized as it will help in improving and enhancing their job performances. The researchers recommended among others, that there is need for the lecturers to be acquainted with the current trends and development in education. The study has therefore recommended that lecturers, heads of departments, directors and deans of all the four tertiary institutions in Adamawa State to be sensitize by their various heads, tetfunds and professional Associations/Organisations on the need for regular attendance of study-fellowship training and conference to enable them to abreast on current educational practices, strategies and methods/techniques among others.
Key Words: Impact, Staff Development Programmes, Job Performance, Business Education lecturers
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