LEADERSHIP PRACTICE AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES INOGUN STATE, NIGERIA: TOWARDS ENSURING GOOD MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL
Keywords:
Employee Engagement, Knowledge Accessibility, Leadership Practice, Talent Management, Employee ProductivityAbstract
Human capital management is assumed to be affected by; inappropriate leadership practice, lack of
engagement of employees in decision-making process, no knowledge acquired from the superior, and wastage of
talents. Even the educational sectors are finding it difficult to attract and retain human capital. Hence, the need
to carry out the present study on human capital management of leadership practice and employee productivity
in selected universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The
population of this study consists of academic and non-academic employees of the four (4) selected universities
Babcock University, Covenant University, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta and Olabisi Onabanjo
University located in Ogun State which amounts to 6,058 employees. Using Cochran (1997) equation, the
sample size was 586 university employees and random sampling technique was employed. A self-structured
questionnaire was administered to the respondents, the research instrument was validated by the average
variance (0.831). The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient confirms the reliability of the instrument, which suggests
that the instrument used for evaluation is highly reliable and data gathered was analyzed using descriptive and
inferential statistics (simple linear regression analysis). The result of the analysis showed there was a positive
relationship between leadership practice and employee productivity in universities in Ogun State at the value of
(β= 0.343, t = 7.237, p<0.05). The study concluded that leaders with expertise in HCM strategic management
participate in corporate decision-making that underlies current staffing assessments and projections for future
workforce needs in the academic environment for improvement and productivity. The study therefore
recommended that leadership approach should be objective enough for the employee’s participation at all
departmental level.
