Organizational Climate and Lecturers Job Performance in South West Nigeria Universities

Abstract

The study investigated organizational climate and academic staff job performance in the federal and state universities
in south west Nigerian universities. The research design used was a descriptive survey type. The population consisted of all the
lecturers and students in south west Nigeria universities, out of which a sample of 120 lecturers made up of 60 from federal and
60 from state universities. Also 800 students made up of 400 students from federal and 200 students from state universities. Two
research questions were raised while two hypotheses were also generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test
statistics method. The result of the analysis showed that the predominant climate of federal universities was opened while that of
the state was closed in terms of motivation, communication and resource availability. It was also revealed that lecturers job
performance was at a moderate level in both federal and state universities. There was significant difference in the organizational
climate of federal and state universities. While there was no significant difference in the job performance of lecturers in the
federal and state universities. Based on this findings, it was recommended that university management should determine those
factors that would enhance commitment and lead to effective goal achievement. Government and other education stakeholder
should ensure that universities climate are made conducive through the provision of motivation, goal setting, communication,
leadership style, decision making and other relevant educational facilities.