NEXUS BETWEEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ANDLECTURERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN KWARA STATE COLLEGESOF EDUCATION, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the nexus between human resource management and lecturers’ job performance in Kwara State Colleges
of Education, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of correlational type was used. Four hundred and four lecturers in the three
state Colleges of Education formed the population of the study. All three institutions were purposively selected. Two hundred
and two lecturers were proportionately selected out of the 404 in the institutions. Human Resource Management and Lecturers’
Job Performance Questionnaire (HRMLJPQ) was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated, and its
reliability test yielded a coefficient of 0.85. Pearson product-moment correlation was used to test the hypotheses. The study
found that there was a significant relationship between human resource management and lecturers’ job performance (p < 0.05).
The study concluded that human resource management plays a significant role in enhancing lecturers’ job performance in
Kwara State Colleges of Education, Nigeria. It was recommended, among other things, that the Kwara State Government
should prioritise effective management of lecturers in Kwara State Colleges of Education, to perpetually boost their morale
towards effective job performance, which would help enhance goal achievement in the institutions.