ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between staff development and job satisfaction among the academic staff of Colleges of Education in Lagos State. It studied the perception of the academic staff to determine if there was a relationship between staff development and job satisfaction. Some of the development types investigated were external development, internal development, relevant and irrelevant additional qualifications, government and self sponsored developments and development outcomes. Thirteen research questions were developed to give direction to the problem under study and twelve hypotheses to focus the problems and make decisions.
The population for which this research was undertaken was the academic staff of Colleges of Education in Lagos State, four hundred and ninety seven in number and also made up the sample. Four hundred and four of these, eighty one percent, returned their completed questionnaires. The institutions were Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka; Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin; Lagos State College of Primary Education, Epe and St. Augustine College of Education (Project Time), Akoka. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a four point Likert scale for weighting. To analyze the data, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) was used in analyzing relationship betweens indices of staff development and job satisfaction while descriptive statistics was used in determining differences in levels of job satisfaction.
The findings of the study were that there was significant relationship between staff development and job satisfaction among academic staff of Colleges of Education in Lagos State, Staff from Government owned institutions had similar perceptions so were staff with different levels of experiences borne from outcomes of staff development. This implied that staff development was related to job satisfaction. It was concluded that for academic staff to be satisfied with their jobs, the relevant authorities should sponsor and implement the provisions of the staff development policy of Colleges of Education. The researcher recommended that the government should conduct a review of the existing policies governing terms and conditions of service, The National Commission for Colleges of Education “Minimum Conditions for staff and Courses” and Federal Government regulation for promotion of staff (the green book) and remove contradictions that make undertaking of development programmes with full sponsorship impossible. This way, academic staff of Colleges of Education will happily face their arduous task of nation building without distraction from non-updating of skills, static status and inability to adequately fulfill financial responsibilities in the family and the society at large.
