THE EFFECT OF ORGANISATIONAL ERGONOMICS ON THE QUALITY OF WORK DELIVERY OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

This study examines the effect of organisational ergonomics on the quality of work delivery of academic staff in selected tertiary institutions in Lagos State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study population is four thousand two hundred and sixty- nine (4,269) academic staff in selected tertiary institutions in Lagos State. A sample size of three hundred and sixty- seven (367) was drawn from the population. The study adopted a stratified and purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample from the population. The study found that there is a moderate positive relationship (R = 0.461) between organisational ergonomics and the quality of work delivery of academic staff in selected tertiary institutions in Lagos State and an evaluation of the standardized coefficients of organisational ergonomics indicators and their associated p-values for the indicator Work schedule design (β WSD = .595, p < 0.000); for Teamwork (β T = -.160, p < 0.016) and Participatory design (β PD = -091, p > 0.120). The results of OE indicators β WSD and β T are statistically significant and can be used in predicting the performance of academic staff in the selected tertiary institutions in Lagos state. The study concluded that not all indicators in policy formation are significant, some indicators are expected to cause a drastic improvement which has an unexpected outcome. Therefore, recommended that developing a policy process that will examine characteristics of domains of ergonomics-workplace design, cognitive and organisational without limiting their policy to just one domain.