Media resources utilisation and polytechnic lecturers productivity in south-west Nigeria

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the influence of media resources utilisation on productivity of polytechnic lecturers in south-west, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted for the study while close-ended questionnaire was used for data collection. A total of 735 copies of questionnaire were administered to the polytechnic lecturers, out of which only 711 (96.7%) were returned with useful responses and were considered adequate and appropriate for the data analysis. Findings from the study revealed availability of media resources to polytechnic lecturers in the South-west, Nigeria and that printed resources and non-print resources topped the list of media resources available to the polytechnic lecturers surveyed. Also, the study established regular use media resources by the polytechnic lecturers in South-west, Nigeria made use of media resources on regular basis and majorly for the purposes of preparing lecture notes, research and publications, obtaining general knowledge, paper presentation and writing papers and proposals. High level of productivity as well as positive significant relationship between media resource utilisation and job productivity of polytechnic lecturers in the South-west, Nigeria were established. The study recommended that modern and relevant media resources should be provided for the lecturers so as to improve their academic productivity and that the polytechnic lecturers should put in more effort into attending and participating in seminars, workshops and conferences by presenting more papers and writing more journal articles to enhance their productivity level.