GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examined the ICT and leadership trainings as determinants of job productivity of Business Education Lecturers in State-Owned Universities in South-South, Nigeria. Thus, correlation survey design was adopted for this study. This study was conducted in south-south geo-political zone. As a result, six (6) state-owned universities situated in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Cross River States. the population of this study consists of one hundred and thirty-three (133) Business Education Lecturers saddled with academic, managerial and administrative responsibilities in the six (6) state-owned universities running Business Education programme in south-south, Nigeria. purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of one hundred and thirty-three (133) Business Education Lecturers. Two (2) sets of questionnaire titled‘’Capacity Development of Business Education Lecturers’ Questionnaire (CaDeBELeQ)’’ and‘’Job Productivity of Business Education Lecturers’ Questionnaire (JoPBELeQ) was used for the study. The researcher employed face and content validity methods. Thus, a test-retest was method of reliability adopted in this study. The researcher used Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient to analyze and answer the research questions and to test the hypotheses that were formulated at0.05 level of significance. The study shows a strong, positive relationship between ICT training and job productivity of business education lecturers. It implies that if ICT training as a variable of capacity development increases, productivity will be high. The study also showed a strong, positive relationship between leadership training and job productivity of business education lecturers. It implies that if leadership training as a variable of capacity development increases, productivity will be high. It was concluded that for business education lecturers to be at their best performance and achieved higher productivity, then it becomes imperative that their capacity in terms of development in ICT training and effective leadership skills need to be developed on a regular basis in order to be competitive in this 21st century work environment. One of the recommendations made was that government and stakeholders in education should constantly develop lecturers’ capacity in ICT and assist in the acquisition of ICT facilities for them to use.

KEYWORDS: ICT training, leadership training, job productivity, Business Education Lecturers, State-Owned Universities, South-South Nigeria.