GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study focused on the human resources management as a function of innovative leadership in tertiary institution in Akwa Ibom State. Ex-Post Facto research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The population of the study comprised deans, heads of departments, directors and lecturers in the tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 10 deans, 30 heads of departments, 10 directors and 260 lecturers and these constituted the sample size 310 used for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled “HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE (HRMILQ)”. The validation of the instrument was carried out by an expert in test, measurement and evaluation from University of Uyo to ensure the validity of the instrument. Cronbach Alpha Technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.77 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate descriptive statistics and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The result proved the roles of human resources management in schools to include Strategic Role and Operational Role which incorporate both tactical and administrative in nature. Also it observed that innovative leadership is identified with various roles including encouraging new ideas and initiatives of employees; supporting the staff instead of undermining them. Finally, the result proved that there is significant extent to which innovative leadership has promoted human resources management in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. One of the recommendations was that school managements should adopt innovative leaderships styles in their administration for realization of good productivity on the parts of their staff (both teaching and non-teaching).

KEYWORDS: Human Resources Management, Innovative Leadership, Tertiary Institution, Akwa Ibom State