Influence of leadership styles, incentives and psychological resilience on job effectiveness among lecturers of private universities in Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

The issue of decline in the quality of lecturers' work has been a source of public concern in recent times. Empirical researches investigating influence of leadership styles, incentives and psychological resilience on job effectiveness of lecturers in private universities are scarce. This study, therefore, investigated leadership styles, incentives and psychological resilience as determinants of job effectiveness among lecturers of private universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. 1205 lecturers of private universities in Southwest, Nigeria were selected using the Multistage sampling procedure. Data were generated with a questionnaire on Leadership Styles, Incentives, Psychological Resilience and Job Effectiveness (α =.81). Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The result showed that: there is a significant joint influence of leadership styles, incentives and psychological resilience on job effectiveness among lecturers of private universities in Southwest, Nigeria (R²=.946, F _(3,1201) =6952.522, p<.05), revealing that 94.6% of the observed variation is accounted for by the independent variables when considered together; there is a significant relative influence of psychological resilience (β= 0.030; t=106.743), leadership styles (β =0.074; t=10.108), and incentives (β= 0.145; t=5.895) on job effectiveness of lecturers in private universities in Southwest, Nigeria. Psychological resilience should be fostered among lecturers in private universities to ensure job effectiveness, among other recommendations.