Work Ethics Awareness as Predictors of Administrative Effectiveness of Non-Teaching Staff of Polytechnics in South East, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined work ethics awareness as predictors of administrative effectiveness of non-teaching staff of Polytechnics in South East, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design for the study was a correlational research design. The population of the study 2,268 non-teaching staff of eight and federal Polytechnics in South East, Nigeria. The sample size of 340 non-teaching staff (15% of the population) was drawn for the study using simple random sampling technique. The instruments for data collection were researchers-developed questionnaires titled: Work Ethics Awareness Questionnaire (WEAQ) and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (AEQ). The instruments were subjected to face and construct validation by three experts. The reliability of the instruments was determined using Cronbach alpha method which yielded coefficient value of 0.82 for WEAQ and 0.85 for AEQ. Simple regression was used for data analysis. The study showed that work ethics awareness based on age and education is positive and significant predictor of administrative effectiveness of non-teaching staff of Polytechnics in South East, Nigeria. It was also found that work ethics awareness based on gender is positive but not a significant predictor of administrative effectiveness of non-teaching staff of Polytechnics in South East, Nigeria.