FINANCIAL RESOURCE SITUATION AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC STAFF JOB PERFORMANCE IN THE UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

This study examined financial resource situation as correlates of academic staff job performance in universities in Southwest Nigeria. A descriptive research of the survey design was used to carry out the study. The population for the study consisted of all students and staff in all the public universities in Southwest Nigeria. The research utilized two sets of instruments titled ‘Academic Staff Job Performance Questionnaire’ (ASJPQ) and ‘Allocated Funds and Academic Staff Job Performance Questionnaire’ (AFASJPQ) for students and academic staff respectively. The findings of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship between financial resource and academic staff job performance in the universities in Southwest Nigeria, a significant relationship between estimates of financial resource and academic staff job performance in universities in Southwest Nigeria and also a significant relationship between allocation of financial resource and academic staff job performance in universities in Southwest Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the financial resources provided by the government is grossly inadequate as evident in the performance of academic staff in the universities under study. Recommendations were made on the need by the government to improve on the amount of financial resource allocated to universities in order to enhance good performance of academic staff in the area of teaching, research and community services