Relationship between Human Capital Development and Job Performance of Business Educators: A Study in Tertiary Institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Mary, Ogunleye Funmilola and Ayoola, Yahaya Kamorudeen (2023) Relationship between Human Capital Development and Job Performance of Business Educators: A Study in Tertiary Institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies, 49 (3). pp. 292-299. ISSN 2581-6268

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Abstract

The study was on relationship between human capital development and job performance of business educators in tertiary institution in Ekiti state. Three research questions were raised and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted correlational survey research design. The population of the study comprised 40 lecturers in business education and Office Technology and Management departments from three Universities and Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti respectively. All the lecturers were used since the population was manageable. The instrument used was a questionnaire titled Human Resources and Job Performance Questionnaire (HRJPQ). The instrument was given to experts in Business Education for content and face validity. The internal consistency of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha with a Coefficient value of 0.89. The findings revealed that there was a high positive relationship between training and business educators’ job performance, there was a very high positive relationship between mentoring and business educators’ job performance and there was moderate positive relationship between performance appraisal and business educators’ job performance. The findings also revealed that training, mentoring and performance appraisal is significant positive predictor of business educator’s job performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Management of tertiary institutions in Ekiti state need to establish a widely spread evaluation scheme to enhance performance of business educators, they should also offer training programs to business educators based on training needs which is identified through regular performance appraisal review and provide mentoring programme for them to meet their expected performance.

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Subjects: Academic Digital Library > Social Sciences and Humanities
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Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2023 10:50
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2023 10:50
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