COURAGE AND COMMITMENT AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC STAFF JOB PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined courage and commitment as correlates of academic staff job performance in
Universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The study also examined the relationship between the
components of courage and commitment, and academic staff job performance. The descriptive
research of the survey design was employed in the study. The population of the study consisted of
all the 8,724 academic staff of universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for the study was
990 subjects consisting of 90 Heads of departments and 900 Lecturers. The sample was drawn
using stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Two self - designed instruments tagged
Courage and Commitment Questionnaire (CCQ) and Academic Staff Job Performance
Questionnaire (ASJPQ) were used to collect data from subjects. The instruments were validated
by experts in Educational Management and Test and Measurement Departments. Test - retest
method of reliability was adopted and the reliability coefficients of 0.78 and 0.76 were obtained
for the two instruments respectively. The data collected were analysed using descriptive and
inferential statistics. The study revealed that the level of academic staff performance and
courage and commitment compliance was high. The study also revealed that there was
significant relationship between courage, commitment and academic staff job performance. It
was also discovered that the two variables (ie. courage and commitment) jointly and
significantly contributed to academic staff job performance. It was therefore recommended that
institutions should learn to integrate courage and commitment into their organisational
management. It was also recommended that the government should ensure that the teaching of
moral education is intensified at the university level.