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

This study was carried out on managerial support and academic staff instructional job performancein 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 surveyresearch design was used. Study population consisted of 1,058 academic staff 4,593 year threestudents. Yamane sampling formula was used to sample 290 academic staff and 368 year threestudents. Two self-designed instruments titled: Managerial Support Questionnaire, MSQ (α=0.845)” and “Instructional Job Performance Questionnaire, IJPQ (α = 0.882)” were used to collectdata. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showedmoderate level of academic staff instructional job performance (x̅ = 3.285) and managerial supportfor academic staff (x̅ = 3.238) in Oyo State Colleges of Education. There was a positive significantcorrelation 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 supportcould be significantly responsible for the moderate level of instructional performance of academicstaff in Colleges of Education in Oyo State. It was recommended that college managers should beequipped on how to provide support to academic staff in order to boost their instructional jobperformance.