RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE, WORK ETHICS AND SPOUSE RELATIONS ON COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC STAFF JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

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This study therefore examines the relative influence of organisational culture, work ethics and spouse relations on job effectiveness of academic staff in Colleges of Education in South West, Nigeria. This study employs survey research design of ex-post facto type. The population consisted of one thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine (1,669) married academic staff, comprising of lecturers, Heads of Departments and unit coordinators in State and Federal Owned Colleges of Education in South-West, Nigeria. A sample of one thousand and ninety (1,090) respondents was selected using multi-stage random sampling procedure. Standardised instruments titled lecturers’ job effectiveness questionnaire (=0.82), organisational culture questionnaire (=0.75), lecturers’ work-ethics questionnaire (=0.78) and spouse relation questionnaire (=0.78) were used to gather data. Data were analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that organisational culture, work ethics and spouse relations relatively influence academic staff job effectiveness in Colleges of Education. The Beta weights revealed the magnitude of contribution of each of the variables, they are, organisational culture (ß =.382 t (1086) = 13.211, p< 0.05), Work-ethics (ß =.300 t (1086) = 10.22, p< 0.05) and Spouse Relations (ß = 0.143, t (1086) = 4.600, p<0.05). I was recommended among others that management of colleges should emphasise the input and involvement of academic staff in decision-making that affects them, giving them the authority and ability to manage their own work and sustain a healthy organisational culture and work ethic to achieve the mission objectives of their colleges. Government should also ensure that the working environments are oriented toward psychological principle that are based on motivational contexts which will be able to provide the strengthening of job attitudes if fostered in excellent level of work environment.