IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK ON JOB EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE ACADEMIC STAFF IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA.

Abstract

This paper determined the impact of administrative work on job efficiency of Agricultural Education Academic Staff in Colleges of Education in North-west Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria. The study was descriptive survey research design.  Eighty-three (83) academic staffs were used to generate data for the study. One research question and one null Hypothesis were formulated. The instrument used for data collection was Impact of Administrative Work on Job Efficiency of Academic Staff Questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentages and mean to find the level of respondents’ opinion on the research question. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) statistic was used to test Null Hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The Null Hypothesis was rejected. Findings of the study revealed that: Agricultural Science Academic Staff’s involvement in the administrative work of their institutions has negative impact on their job efficiency. It was then concluded that when academicians combine administrative work with academic work, his or her job efficiency and performance reduces. And it was recommended that Government or Authorities of the colleges of education in North West Nigeria should employ Academics Assistants’ administrators who’s their primary assignment is to help academics in the administrative work the institution such as: programme coordination, head of department, departmental examination officers et cetera for productivity and efficiency.