Influence of Managerial Support on Instructional Job Performance of Academic Staff in Colleges of Education in Oyo State

Abstract

This study was carried out on managerial support and academic staff instructional job performance
in Oyo State Colleges of Education. The study was anchored on job demand/job resources model.
Two research questions and one hypothesis were created to guide the work. Descriptive survey
research design was used. Study population consisted of 1,058 academic staff 4,593 year three
students. Yamane sampling formula was used to sample 290 academic staff and 368 year three
students. Two self-designed instruments titled: Managerial Support Questionnaire, MSQ (α
=0.845)” and “Instructional Job Performance Questionnaire, IJPQ (α = 0.882)” were used to collect
data. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed
moderate level of academic staff instructional job performance (x̅ = 3.285) and managerial support
for academic staff (x̅ = 3.238) in Oyo State Colleges of Education. There was a positive significant
correlation between managerial support and academic staff instructional job performance (r =
0.354, Sig. value = 0.003, P< 0.05). It was concluded that moderate level of managerial support
could be significantly responsible for the moderate level of instructional performance of academic
staff in Colleges of Education in Oyo State. It was recommended that college managers should be
equipped on how to provide support to academic staff in order to boost their instructional job
performance.