Job Commitment As A Correlate Of Lecturers’ Performance In Colleges Of Education In Southwest, Nigeria
Adesina Adedejo, AZEEZ, PhD Azeezadesina2015@gmail.com, +23408056227930 & 08064176386 And Bello, Elizabeth Oluwaseyi PhD Department Of Educational Foundations, Federal College Of Education (Special), Oyo. Https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4559-0206 Eliz
Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2025
Job commitment of lecturers has continued to draw significant debate within the Nigerian education setting. Previous studies have not effectively isolated the variable of job commitment, often combining it with performance, motivation, attitude, and job satisfaction. This study investigated job commitment as a correlate of lecturers’ job performance in colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of four thousand two hundred and ninety-five (4,295) lecturers across thirty-two (32) colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria. A multi-stage stratified random sampling procedure was used to select one thousand four hundred and thirty-six (1,436) lecturers from 9 colleges of education. A validated questionnaire titled Job Commitment and Lecturers’ Job Performance Scale (JCLJPS), with a reliability coefficient of r = 0.71, was used to collect data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product-Moment Correlation). The findings revealed moderate levels of lecturers' job commitment to students and the institution in colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria (M = 26.2 and 2.57, respectively). Additionally, a significant relationship was found between job commitment and lecturers’ performance in colleges of education (r = 0.228). Job commitment is an essential variable that can determine lecturers’ performance in colleges of education in Southwest Nigeria. It was recommended, among other things, that the government should provide a supportive environment for lecturers to improve working relationships between lecturers and students, and lecturers should be further encouraged to treat students equally in order to foster their academic growth.