Influence of Staff Management Strategies on Academic Staff Job Performance in Public Universities in North-Central, Nigeria

The study investigated the influence of staff management strategies on academic staff job performance in Public Universities in North Central, Nigeria. The study focused on management strategies of motivation and provision of adequate infrastructural facilities. Two objectives and corresponding research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 5735 academic staff in public universities in North-Central Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted. A 30-item questionnaire titled “Influence of Staff Management Strategies on Academic Staff Job Performance in Public Universities Questionnaire” (ISMSASJPPUQ) was used as instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was established using Cronbach Alpha statistics which yielded 0.82 co-efficient. Data was collected and analyzed.  Means and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions and Chi-Square statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that, staff management strategies of motivation and provisions of adequate infrastructural facilities significantly influence academic staff job performance in public universities in North Central, Nigeria positively. The study concluded that efficient adoption of staff management strategies exerts a positive influence on job performance of academic staff of public universities. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others that, for improved and better performance among academic staff, management of public universities in north central Nigeria should consider all the indices of motivation found in this study a priority as it has been found to be a factor positively influencing their performance of job. Also, the Government should aid management of universities in the provision of adequate infrastructural facilities for enhanced job performance amongst academic staff.