Effect of Employee Career Development and Performance of Lecturers in State Universities in South-East, Nigeria

The study evaluated the effect of career development and performance of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: evaluate the effect of training on the frequency of research output of lectures in state universities in South-East, Nigeria, determine the effect of learning and development on the teaching competence of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria and examine the effect of workforce planning on the organizational skills of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study was based on the effect of career development and performance of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study will be limited to academic staff of five (5) state universities in the South East of Nigeria. The universities include: Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Imo State University, Anambra State University of Science and Technology, and Abia State University Uturu, Okigwe. The population of the study is three thousand two hundred and fifty (3250) which consists of selected lecturers both male and female of different carders in the selected universities. The study used the survey approach. The primary sources were personal interview and the administration of questionnaire. The adequate sample size of 344 was determined using Freund and William's statistic formula. 294 staff returned the questionnaire and accurately filled. That gave 86 percent response rate. The validity of the instrument was tested using content analysis and the result was good. The reliability was tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). It gave a reliability co-efficient of 0.7 which was also good. Data was presented and analyzed by a mean score (3.0 and above agreed while below 3.0 disagreed) and standard deviation using Sprint Likert Scale. The hypotheses were analyzed using Z – test statistics tool. The findings indicated that training had positive effect on the frequency of research output of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria Z (95, n = 294) = 7.611 < 9.652, p > 0.05. Learning and development had positive effect on the teaching competence of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria Z (95, n = 294) = 5.686 < 7.261, p > 0.05 and Workforce planning had positive effect on the organizational skills of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria Z (95, = 294) = 7.494 < 9.652, p > 0.05.The study concluded that Training, Learning and development, and Workforce planning had positive effect on frequency of research output, organizational skills, teaching competence of lecturers in state universities in South-East, Nigeria. The study Recommended among others that the institutions and organizations should endeavour to train their employees to enhance high level of research output and effective teaching in the schools