Functionality of Security Service as Correlate of Lecturers’ Job Performance in State Universities, North Central Zone, Nigeria
*1B. B. Kwashabawa & 2Safurat Onaolapo Ahmed
*1,2&3Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Sokoto State. Nigeria Email: balabokoikwasabawa@gmail.com1, & onaolopoahmed42@gmail.com*2
Abstract
This study examined functionality of security service as correlates of lecturers’ job performance in state universities, North Central, Nigeria. Three objectives and three research questions with one null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive survey of the correlation type research design was employed. The population of the study was 3239 lecturers. A sample size of 346 was obtained based on Research Advisors Table (2006). Two instruments were used for collection of data for the study titled: Functionality of Security Service Questionnaire (FSSQ) and Lecturers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (LJPQ). Face and content validity were obtained after thorough screening, corrections were made and irrelevant items were removed by the experts in Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Reliability indices of 0.73, and 0.82 were obtained respectively after trial testing and analysis of the trial testing using Cronbach’s alpha. Data were collected and analyzed using mean, standard deviation as well as PPMC via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 23.0 version. The findings revealed that there was moderate level of functionality of security service in States Universities, North-Central, Nigeria and high level of lecturers’ job performance in state universities, North Central Zone, Nigeria. There was also a low positive significant correlation between functionality of security service and lecturer’s job performance in state universities, North Central, Nigeria. The study recommended among others that the universities management should ensure that essential social services are made readily available and accessible to all lecturers and to be functional, efficient and responsive to lecturers’ needs in state universities, North Central, Nigeria. The study concluded that, there was low positive significant relationship between functionality of security services and lecturers’ job performance in state universities, North Central, Nigeria.
Keywords
School Security Services, Job Performance, Lectures, State Universities, North-Central Nigeria
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