IMPACT OF STAFF TRAINING AND SUPERVISION ON STAFF JOBPERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CENTRALNIGERIA

Abstract

The research work investigated the impact of staff training and supervision on staff jobperformance in Public Universities in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions guidedthestudy and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The studyadopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 15,499 staff in14public universities in North Central Nigeria. A sample of 775 academic and non-academicstaffwas used for the study. The sampling was done using multi-stage sampling procedure. A10-items structured four-point rating scale questionnaire titled: “Staff Training and SupervisiononStaff Job Performance Questionnaire (STSSJPQ)” with reliability coefficient of 0.89 was usedfor data collection. Data collected from the field were analysed using descriptive and inferential
statistics. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions. Chi-Square(χ2) test of goodness-of-fit was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Thestudy found out that staff training and supervision have significant positive impact onstaffperformance in public universities in North Central Nigeria. It was concluded that trainingandsupervision have significant positive impact on staff job performance in public universitiesinNorth Central Nigeria. It was recommended among others that, government and universityadministrators should provide staff with expanded training opportunities, including seminars, conferences, and workshops, as well as financial support for pursuing higher qualifications. Thiswould enhance staff development and performance.