IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 11 NO. 4 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijssmr.vol.11no4.2025.pg.255.267

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Organizational factors as determinants of academic- administrator’s job performance in public Colleges of Education, South-West, Nigeria

Abioye, Kehinde David, Prof P O Yara

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Abstract

The job performance of staff in Nigerian public colleges of education is a significant factor determining institutional outstanding performance. Academic administrators are pivotal in combining administrative and academic responsibilities, rendering their performance indispensable. Nonetheless, stakeholders expressed discontent with their job performance. This study was necessitated by a deficiency of research about the determinants of job performance among academic administrators at public colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The focus group consisted of academic administrators, such as Deputy Provosts, Deans, Heads of Departments (HODs), and Directors of Academic Programmes from nine (9) public colleges of education. A comprehensive enumeration sampling technique was utilized, involving 312 respondents in the study. The process of data collection was conducted through two main tools: the Organizational Factors Questionnaire (OFQ) and the Academic Administrators’ Job Performance Research Questionnaire (AAJPRQ). The instruments' validity was confirmed via face and content validity assessments, and the reliability test using Cronbach’s alpha produced a coefficient of 0.78, signifying an acceptable reliability level. The analysis employed both descriptive and inferential statistics to interpret the data. Descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation, were utilized to analyze the research question. Additionally, multiple regression analysis was applied to test the hypotheses at a significance level of 0.05The findings revealed that the job performance of academic administrators was predominantly low, reflected in a grand mean of 2.35. The regression analysis revealed that organizational factors significantly influenced academic administrators' job performance (R² = 0.998, p < 0.05). The analysis of organizational factors indicated that work environm

keywords:

Organizational factors, academic administrators, job performance, public colleges of education, Nigeria

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