Relationship Between Work Ethics and Senior Non-Teaching Staff’s Productivity in South-South Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between work ethics and senior non-teaching staff productivity in universities in South-South, Nigeria.  Three research questions were raised and one was hypothesized to guide the study.  [1]The descriptive survey correlational research design was adopted for the study.  The target population of the study comprised 9,508 out of which Nine hundred and twenty-three (923) senior non-teaching staff were selected across south-south universities in Nigeria.  The multistage and proportional-to-size sampling techniques were used in obtaining the sample size.  The research instruments were questionnaires, titled, Work Ethics Questionnaire and Productivity Rating Scale.  The reliability of the Work Ethics Questionnaire was 0.695 using Pearson (r).  The Cronbach alpha, reliability of the Productivity Rating Scale was 0.734 at 0.05 level of coefficient.  Mean rating and standard deviation were applied to answer research questions while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypothesis formulated. Findings from the study revealed that the level of compliance of senior non-teaching staff with work ethics in South-South Universities in Nigeria was low.  There was a significant relationship between work ethics and senior non-teaching staff productivity in south-south Universities in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that senior non-teaching staff in South-South, Nigeria, improve their compliance with work ethics to increase their productivity within the University system