Technological Globalization and Academic Staff Development in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated Technological Globalization and Academic Staff Development in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State, Nigeria. It was undertaken to determine the influence of technological globalization on academic staff development in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The correlational research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 145 out of the population of 1,454 academic staff from the four Rivers State owned tertiary institutions was randomly selected. The method of data collection was the questionnaire titled ‘Technological Globalization and Academic Staff Development Questionnaire’ (TGASDQ). The instrument was validated by experts and a reliability coefficient of 0.766 was obtained. The data were analyzed with both descriptive (Mean) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r). The study found that there is a low, positive and significant correlation between technological globalization and academic staff development in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The study concluded that academic staff of the institutions need to evolve and align themselves with the benefits of technological globalization, and therefore recommended that educational managers and administrators should consciously, enhance their advancement centres and develop functional ICT centres for academic staff development.

Keywords: Globalization, Technological Globalization, Academic Staff Development (ASD), Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Research Advancement, Tertiary Institutions

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-18-01

Publication date:June 30^th 2021