Investigating The Nexus between Industrial Disputes and Job Performance of Academic Staff of Tertiary Institutions in Benue State, Nigeria
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigates the nexus between industrial disputes and job performance of academic staff of tertiary institutions in Benue State, Nigeria. With the aid of the study objectives, two hypotheses were formulated in the study. The study adopts the mixed method research design to critically investigate the phenomena under investigation. The population of this study comprised the entire academic staff across the four selected public tertiary institutions in Benue State totaling 1,205. Given that the researcher deemed the entire population of the study convenient and accommodating, the study employed the census approach. Therefore, all the members of the population were sampled in the study. The summation of all the responses was presented using frequency distribution tables and simple percentages. In addition, the mean analysis and standard deviation were used to analyze the data generated from the field while the linear regression was used to test the hypotheses formulated in the study. With regression outputs indicating that approximately 27.5% (R² = 0.275, Adjusted R² = 0.274, SE = 0.49201), the variance in commitment is explained by such disruptions, the study reveals among others that, industrial disputes influence the job commitment of academic staff of tertiary institutions in Benue State. The study concludes that, industrial disputes exert a multifaceted and statistically negative impact on job performance of academic staff in tertiary institutions in Benue State. The study recommends among others that, Benue State government should honour agreements reached with union members in tertiary institutions in Benue State by ensuring that fair salary structures and welfare packages are compared with inflation and high cost of living in Nigeria. However, union representatives in turn, should encourage members to rebuild trust and loyalty by emphasising the long-term mission of higher education, while also creating internal mechanisms to track and remain proficiently job committed to teaching and administrative responsibilities after industrial dispute by academic staff of tertiary institutions in Benue State.
Institutions: Kwararafa University, Taraba State University
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7219909935