Comparative study of Staff Development Practices and Lecturers' Job performance between Nigerian and Pakistani Universities

Abstract

Efforts, in terms of funds and support, have been invested directly and indirectly by government and private individuals on Staff Development (SD) in Nigerian and Pakistani universities. Therefore, the study compared the impact of SD practices on lecturers' job performance in Nigerian and Pakistani universities.

Expo-facto design was used for this study. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. A sample of 919 and 715 participants were proportionately selected from 12 Nigerian and 12 Pakistani universities. Two validated questionnaires (SDPrQ and LJPQ) with reliability of 0.70 and 0.75 respectively were used for data collection. Percentage and Rank ordering were used to answer the research question and t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.

It was revealed that, a significant difference existed between lecturers' teaching performance of Nigerian and Pakistani universities in terms of SD practices (t (1) = 2.60, .009, ρ < .05) in favour of Pakistan. The study concluded that SD practices have contributed to lecturers' teaching performance more in Pakistan than in Nigeria. The study recommended that SD practices in Nigerian universities be improved upon by ensuring that SD programmes match both individual and university's needs in line with global practice for sustainable competitive advantage.