Management Practices, Lecturers’ Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions in Nursing Colleges in Nigeria’s South-South Region

Abstract

Lecturers in Colleges of Nursing in Nigeria and in other parts of the world are supposed to be highly productive. But is there any relationship between the productivity of lecturers and the management strategies of the institutions? This is the main objective in which the study seeks to find out. Two theories guided the study. These are the Hugo Munsterberg’s theory of industrial efficiency and the Administrative Management Theory by Henri Fayol. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. 16 Colleges of Nursing in South-South in
Nigeria with 698 lecturers constituted the study population. Stratified random sampling technique was used to get a sample size of 558 lecturers for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled Management Strategies and Lecturers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (MSLJPQ). The statistics used for the data analyses was the Simple Linear Regression. This instrument was developed by the researchers. The results showed that for communication (teaching: .575; students assessments: .958; project supervision: .565; research: .479; and community service: .540). Strategic Planning (teaching: 540; students’ assessments: .879; project supervision: .548; research: .560; and community service: 529). And staff development (teaching: .597; students’ assessments: .902; project supervision: .558; research: .555 and community service: .488).