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Recruitment-Selection Criteria And Nigerians’ Academic Job Performance

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  • Babalola Oluwayemi OGINNI

    (Faculty of Management Sciences,Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)

  • Isola Olalekan AYANTUNJI

    (Faculty of Management Sciences,Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)

  • Toyin Solomon OLANIYAN

    (Faculty of Management Sciences,Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)

  • Kolawole Sunday AJIBOLA

    (Faculty of Management Sciences,Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)

  • Florence Bosede FAMOLU

    (Faculty of Management Sciences,Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria)

Abstract

In the last one (1) decade, the graduates of Nigerian Universities have come under searchlight wherein their employability has been questioned in the Nigerian labor market and this explains the rationale behind the focus of the study that set out to examine the relationship between components of recruitment and selection criteria and job performance academic in the State-owned Universities in the Southwest of Nigeria as the unit of analysis. The study identified criteria such as age, qualification, and experience as well as technology, political consideration, and indigene to be in use in these State-owned Universities. The questionnaire was randomly administered to collect data from 343 respondents chosen through a proportional sampling technique for 8months. The results showed that there is strong relationship between qualification, experience and job performance where qualification (r = 0.652, p

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  • Babalola Oluwayemi OGINNI & Isola Olalekan AYANTUNJI & Toyin Solomon OLANIYAN & Kolawole Sunday AJIBOLA & Florence Bosede FAMOLU, 2022. "Recruitment-Selection Criteria And Nigerians’ Academic Job Performance," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 14(3), pages 25-37, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mrpase:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:25-37
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