WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION AND FEMALE LECTURERS’ TASK PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • B. O. Umeh Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • S. O. Oluwuo Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  • J. C. Nzokurum Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i5.3745

Keywords:

work-life integration, female lecturers’, tasks performance, self-management skills, detailed work objective

Abstract

This study examined work-life integration and female lecturers’ tasks performance in government-owned higher educational institutions in Imo state. The correlational research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions were answered while two hypotheses were tested. The population of the study comprised 1292 female lecturers in government-owned higher educational institutions in Imo State. The sample size of the study was determined using Taro Yamane formula. A two-stage sampling of proportionate and stratified random sampling technique was used to draw 406 respondents from the strata. Two sets of instruments titled; Female Lecturers’ Work-Life Integration Questionnaire (FLWLIQ) and Female Lecturers’ Task Performance Questionnaire (FLTPQ) were used for data collection. Face and content validities were ensured by experts including the researcher’s supervisor. The reliability coefficient of the FLWLIQ and FLTPQ was calculated to be 0.97 and 0.95 with the help of Cronbach Alpha. Multiple and simple regressions were used to answer the research questions. ANOVA associated with multiple regression and t-test associated with simple regression were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. It was found that self-management skills predicts female lecturers’ tasks performance by 54% in government-owned higher educational institutions in Imo state. Based on the findings, it was concluded that work-life integration is positively and moderately significant to female lecturers’ tasks performance in higher educational institutions in Imo state. It was therefore recommended among others that female lecturers should adopt SMART goal setting so as to manage their energy properly.

 

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Author Biographies

  • B. O. Umeh, Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

    B. O. Umeh is a PhD candidate of Hıgher Educatıon Admınıstratıon in the Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

  • S. O. Oluwuo, Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    S. O. Oluwuo is a Professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Educational Management and Planning, University of Port Harcourt. He bagged his Ph.D in Educational Administration and Planning, M.Ed and BA.Ed from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was the former coordinator, Post NCE Sandwich Programme and a two-time Head of Department of Educational Management and Planning, University of Port Harcourt. He is currently Chairman, University wide timetable committee as well as chairman, Departmental Graduate Studies Committee. He has published extensively in national and foreign journals.
  • J. C. Nzokurum, Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    J. C. Nzokurum is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Management and Planning, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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2021-05-16

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