Relationship Between Quality of Teacher Research Publications and Managerial Effectiveness in State Universities in North Western Zone, Nigeria
Bello Musa and Sani Dantani Manga
1*Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto State, Nigeria. Email: bello.musa@ssu.edu.ng
2Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between quality of teachers’ research publications and managerial effectiveness in state universities in North Western Zone, Nigeria. The research design for this study was a correlational design. The population comprised all academic staff and their head of Departments Deans and Directors which amounts to 2674 among the eight (8) State Universities within the Zone. The sample size selection of 333 out of 2,674 was based on Research Advisors, the researcher applied proportionate sampling to draw up the sample while random sampling was used in selecting the respondents. The study used two set of questionnaires for data collections. The two instruments were self-designed questionnaires titled: Teacher Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ) and Managerial Effectiveness Questionnaire (MEQ). The questionnaires were validated by expert using content validity. The reliability of the instruments was obtained using test, re-test method and reliability indexes of 0.78 and 0.75 were obtained respectively. The researcher employed descriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis. Mean score was used to answer research questions with decision mean 3.0 as moderate extent of agreement. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient was used to test hypothesis. The study discovered that, there was significant relationship between quality of teacher research publications and managerial effectiveness in State Universities in North Western zone, Nigeria. In conclusion, the correlation between impactful research publications and managerial effectiveness highlights the importance of a research-driven environment in universities. Therefore, the study recommended that, university management in collaboration with the Ministry for Higher Education should shoulder the responsibility of publishing higher quality research by teachers in both national and international Journals. This will serve as encouragement for the younger generation of scholar who may have financial challenges in publishing their research work.
Keywords
Quality of Teacher Research Publications, and Managerial Effectiveness
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