Research Culture and Effective University Management in South-South Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

Concerns about the quality of research and effectiveness of the university system in terms of goal attainment of higher education institutions in Nigeria abound. This paper aimed at determining the extent to which the prevailing research culture in universities influences the effective management of the university system. Ex-post facto design was adopted. A total of one thousand and forty seven academic staff drawn from a population of 3478 lecturers in four universities in the South-South Zone of Nigeria responded to the survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Fishers LSD multiple comparisons was used to analyze the data. The result indicated that a significant influence exist of research culture on effective management of university system in terms of goal attainment and management of staff, and a no significant influence of research culture on effective management of university system in terms of management of facilities and management of students. It was therefore concluded that research culture exert a partial influence on effective management of the university system. From this conclusion, a number of recommendations were made.

Key words: research culture, effective management, university system, goal attainment, management of facilities, management of staff, management of students.