Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2024
Quality Assurance Practices, Administrative Effectiveness and Academic Staff Productivity in Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria
Isaac-Philips Margaret Modupe & Mohammed Mubashiru Olayiwola Babatunde
Abstract
Every nation of the world needs high level of manpower for her economic, social and political development and sustainability because national
sustainable development hence, the need for experienced, competent and
dedicated human resource which could only be trained through education. For
this reason, the study examine the influence of quality assurance practices and
administrative effectiveness on job productivity of academic staff in public
tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive
research design while a structured questionnaire was used as the major
instrument with reliability value of 75.2%. A random sampling technique was
used to arrive at a sample size of nine hundred and thirty (930). The two
hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment correlation (PPMC) at
5% significance level. Findings revealed that there is a positive significant
correlation between quality assurance practices and administrative
effectiveness in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria. ( r = .936**, n = 900, p =<.05).The findings also show that there is a significant
relationship between quality assurance practices and academic staff
productivity in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State, Nigeria (r = .963**, n = 900, p =<.05). The study concludes that effective administration is crucial
for the successful delivery of education and the support of academic staff, leading to improved productivity. The study recommends that; institutions
should adopt an integrated approach that emphasizes the interconnectedness of
quality assurance practices, administrative effectiveness, and academic staff
productivity.
Keywords
Keywords: Administrative effectiveness, Academic staff productivity Quality assurance practices.
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