Effect of Employee Career Development and Performance of Lecturers in State Universities in SouthEast, Nigeria

The study evaluated the effect of career development and performance of lecturers in state
universities in South-East, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: evaluate the effect of training on
the frequency of research output of lectures in state universities in South-East, Nigeria, determine the
effect of learning and development on the teaching competence of lecturers in state universities in
South-East, Nigeria and examine the effect of workforce planning on the organizational skills of
lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study was based on the effect of career
development and performance of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study will
be limited to academic staff of five (5) state universities in the South East of Nigeria. The universities
include: Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Imo State
University, Anambra State University of Science and Technology, and Abia State University Uturu,
Okigwe. The population of the study is three thousand two hundred and fifty (3250) which consists of
selected lecturers both male and female of different carders in the selected universities. The study
used the survey approach. The primary sources were personal interview and the administration of
questionnaire. The adequate sample size of 344 was determined using Freund and William's statistic
formula. 294 staff returned the questionnaire and accurately filled. That gave 86 percent response
rate. The validity of the instrument was tested using content analysis and the result was good. The
reliability was tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). It gave a reliability co-efficient of
0.7 which was also good. Data was presented and analyzed by a mean score (3.0 and above agreed
while below 3.0 disagreed) and standard deviation using Sprint Likert Scale. The hypotheses were
analyzed using Z – test statistics tool. The findings indicated that training had positive effect on the
frequency of research output of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria Z (95, n = 294) =
7.611 < 9.652, p > 0.05. Learning and development had positive effect on the teaching competence
of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria Z (95, n = 294) = 5.686 < 7.261, p > 0.05 and
Workforce planning had positive effect on the organizational skills of lecturers in state universities in
South-East, Nigeria Z (95, = 294) = 7.494 < 9.652, p > 0.05.The study concluded that Training, Learning
and development, and Workforce planning had positive effect on frequency of research output,
organizational skills, teaching competence of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The
study Recommended among others that the institutions and organizations should endeavour to train
their employees to enhance high level of research output and effective teaching in the schools.