Employment Status and Educational Achievements in Universities: Evidence from Southeast Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Ojonta, Obed I.; Ogbuabor, Jonathan E.; Ojonta, Peace N.; Orji, Anthony; Anthony-Orji, Onyinye I.
Titel	Employment Status and Educational Achievements in Universities: Evidence from Southeast Nigeria
Quelle	In: Acta Educationis Generalis, 11 (2021) 3, S.152-166 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2585-7444
DOI	10.2478/atd-2021-0025
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Human Capital; Academic Achievement; Employees; Labor Force Development; Individual Characteristics; Geographic Location; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Experience; Age Differences; Higher Education; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Humankapital; Schulleistung; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Arbeitskräftebestand; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Erfahrung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Introduction: Educational achievement has remained the common yardstick for assessing human capital development across the world. However, it has been observed that Nigeria is one of the developing countries facing the challenge of low level of academic achievement by employees in the university system, which in turn has grave implications for the overall performance of the Nigerian university system in terms of efficient work delivery. Methods: This study adopts a robust and stratified sampling technique to select 4,122 employees in selected federal universities in the southeast of Nigeria and uses structural questionnaire and binary logistic regression to analyse the effect of employment status on academic achievement in South East Nigeria. Results: The findings show that employment status negatively and significantly influences the academic achievement of employees in Nigerian universities. Discussion: The major focus of this study is to examine the impact of employment status on educational achievement in the universities for southeast, Nigeria. To drive more effective and efficient service delivery in the universities, there is need for adequate salary enhancement for employees in order to motivate them to strive for higher educational attainments. Limitations: The study was carried out in federal universities in Nigeria. It is expected to expand the study to cut across both private, states in Nigeria for effective and efficient comparison among the universities found in southeast geopolitical zones. Conclusion: The study concludes that government should continuously motivate these employees so that they can strive for higher educational attainments. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01