Administrators Competence and Teaching Staff Commitment in Public Universities in Rivers State
Keywords:
Competence, Teaching, Universities, Rivers, administratorsAbstract
The study examined administrators competence and teaching staff commitment in public universities in Rivers State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were postulated and they are statistically tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlational design, the population of the study was 115 persons consisting of administrators drawn from the three public universities in Rivers State. The study adopted purposive sampling technique, the instrument for data collection was a self-designed instrument titled administrators competence and teaching staff commitment in public universities questionnaire (ACTSCPUQ). The mean and standard deviation in a rank order was used to answer the research question while Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses of the study. Findings are that administrators has clear vision of the university goal and as such they are able to plan and direct the staff, furthermore administrators technical competence in terms of ICT skill helps in communicating with the staff. It was concluded that university administrators demonstrate some competence in form of ICT skills and experience; there is a significant relationship between administrators technical and interpersonal competence and teaching staff commitment to duty.
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