EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL POLICY ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC STAFF OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study determined the effect of institutional policy on employee performance of the academic staff of public universities in South-East, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. Sample of the study comprises of one thousand seven hundred and eighty Academic Staff of the ten selected Universities in South-East, Nigeria. Data was obtained from questionnaire administered on the sampled population. Data obtained was analyzed with the aid of SPSS version 20.0 that involved a regression analysis. The study findings revealed that institutional policy has positive significant effect on employee performance of the academic staff of public universities in Nigeria. Based on this, the researchers recommended that there is need for government and university authorities to formulate and implement institutional policies that are employee driven and recognizes the peculiarities of academic staff in terms of their physical and psychological needs.