Title:
INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP ON TEACHING STAFF PRODUCTIVITY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCTION IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Authors:
Olorode, Okunade Adelayo ,Nigeria

Abstract:
This study examined the influence of institutional ownership on teaching staff productivity in Colleges of Education in South-West, Nigeria with focus on personnel welfare, academic environment and leader characteristics. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was four thousand, two hundred and ninety-five(4,295) teaching staff from Colleges of Education in south-west, while the sample consisted of one thousand, one hundred and sixty-one (1,161) teaching staff from the sampled colleges of Education using 60% proportional sampling technique. The instruments for collection of data are; Teaching Staff WelfareQuestionnaire(TSWQ,)Academic,EnvironmentQuestionnaire(AEQ),Leadership Characteristics Questionnaire (LCQ) and Teaching Staff Productivity Scale(TSPS). Data collected were analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis(MRA) at 0.05 significant level. Three null hypothesis were formulated for the study. The result showed that there was a significant influence of institutional ownership(federal, state and private) on the joint contributions of personnel welfare, academic environment and leader characteristics on the teaching staff productivity with f=831.935,463.943and906.844,p<0.05respectively. Based on the findings, the study concluded that there was a significant influence of institutional ownership on teaching staff productivity in Colleges of Education in south-west ,Nigeria. The study then recommended that; the federal, and state governments should put more funds into running of Colleges of Education in the area of provision teaching facilities for better and improved productivity; when institutions are to be established, consideration should be given to conducive environment in all its ramifications to make teaching and learning easier for better students’ learning outcome, among others