ABSTRACT

The study examined the relationship between capacity building programmes and job performance of lecturers in universities in Abia State, Nigeria. Six research questions and six null hypotheses were formulated that guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. A total of 168 lecturers representing 10% of the 1668 lecturers were proportionately drawn from the five universities in the state to constitute the sample size. Two instruments titled “Capacity Building Programmes Questionnaire (CBPQ) and Lecturers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (LJPQ) were developed by the researcher and used for data collection. The instruments were validated by five experts, three from Educational Management and two from Measurement and Evaluation all from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Reliability index of 0.93 and 0.83 were obtained for the CBPQ and LJPQ respectively. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research questions and to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The findings revealed that mentoring to a significant positive moderate extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State; study leave to a significant positive high extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State; ICT training to a significant positive low extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State; conference to a significant positive moderate extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State; seminar to a non-significant positive moderate extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State; and workshop to a significant positive high extent relates with job performance of lecturers in Universities in Abia State. The study concluded that capacity building programmes relates positively with lecturers job performance. It was thus recommended among others that there is need for university managements in Abia State to make mentoring programmes compulsory for all academic staff, sponsor study leave for lecturers to undergo doctoral degree/post doctoral degree programmes and encourage them to attend conferences, seminars and workshops which will lead to improved performance of lecturers in universities in Abia State.