Facilities and Academic Staff Effectiveness in Universities in Osun State (Published)
This study investigated the relationship between facilities and academic staff effectiveness in universities in Osun State, Nigeria. Specifically, it examined how ICT and infrastructural resources influenced teaching quality, research productivity, administrative efficiency, and overall job performance of academic staff. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design, with a sample of 240 respondents, including academic staff and Heads of Departments, drawn from three universities using a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected through two instruments: The Facilities Questionnaire (FQ) and the Academic Staff Effectiveness Questionnaire (ASEQ), both of which were validated by experts and demonstrated high reliability (FQ = 0.89; ASEQ = 0.83). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation at a 0.05 significance level. Findings revealed significant positive relationships between ICT facilities and academic staff effectiveness (r = 0.703, p < 0.05) and between infrastructural facilities and academic staff effectiveness (r = 0.692, p < 0.05). The study concluded that functional ICT resources, including computers, internet access, multimedia tools, and digital libraries, as well as well-maintained physical infrastructure such as lecture halls, laboratories, and libraries, significantly enhanced academic staff performance. It was recommended that universities invest in ICT and infrastructural development, provide continuous staff training, and implement integrated support systems to improve teaching, research, and administrative effectiveness.
Keywords: ICT facilities, Research productivity, academic staff effectiveness, infrastructural facilities, teaching quality, universities