PHYSICAL FACILITIES AVAILABILITY AS DETERMINANT OF LECTURERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated physical facilities availability as determinant of lecturers‘ job performance in private 
universities in Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey was adopted for this study with the population of 250 
respondents that involved in the six private universities in Kwara State. Checklist on Physical Facilities 
Availability and Lecturers‘ Job Performance Questionnaire (CPQ) were used to collect data for this study. 
Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data collected and inferential statistics of PPMC was used to 
test the research hypothesis at 0.05 significant level. The findings revealed that that 66.1% constituted the 
majority of the respondents who agreed that the itemized physical facilities were available. It was concluded 
that 75.6% constituted the majority of the respondents who agreed that the level of lecturers‘ job 
performance in private universities in Kwara State was high. Significant relationship existed between 
physical facilities availability and lecturers‘ job performance in private universities in Kwara State. . Based 
on this, it was recommended that university management of private universities in Kwara State should ensure 
that adequate and available physical facilities need to be provided for students and lecturers so that the set 
goal of the university could be attained.