Title: Evidence on teaching qualifications, characteristics, competence and lecturer performance in higher institutions in Nigeria

Authors: Esuh Ossai-Igwe Lucky; Nurahimah Bt Mohd Yusoff

Addresses: Department of Entrepreneurship, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia ' Department of Education Management, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia

Abstract: Owing to the wide gap between the demand and supply of qualified lecturers, there has been increase in the influx of unqualified lecturers in Nigeria tertiary institutions. As a result, this study investigates the influence of teaching qualifications, characteristics and competence on the lecturers' performance. A questionnaire data was generated from 131 lecturers comprised of those with a teaching qualification and those without a teaching qualification in University of Illorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Overall, the findings from the testing of the hypotheses indicate that there is a significant relationship between teaching qualifications, lecturers' characteristics and lecturers' competence with lecturers' performance.

Keywords: teaching qualifications; lecturer characteristics; lecturer competence; lecturer performance; higher education; Nigeria; teaching profession.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2015.068758

International Journal of Management in Education, 2015 Vol.9 No.2, pp.129 - 150

Published online: 12 Apr 2015 *

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