VICE CHANCELLORS’ MOTIVATIONAL TECHNIQUES AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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Date
2025
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Kwasu International Journal of Educational Management and Leadership (KIJEMAL)
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between Vice-chancellors’ motivational techniques and
goal achievement in Universities in South-west, Nigeria. It adopted correlational research
design. The population for the study consisted of 15,230 lecturers in universities in South west, Nigeria. Stratified sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 1,523
respondents. Both face and content were validated by three experts and Cronbach Alpha
method was adopted to ensure reliability of the instrument with the coefficient of r =0.78 and
r =0.80. The questionnaire was administered to 1,523 respondents out of which 1,481 copies
were retrieved from the respondents indicating 97% level of retrieval. The questionnaire
titled Vice-Chancellor’s Motivational Techniques and Goal Achievement Questionnaire was
used for data collection.Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research
questions while Pearson product moment correlation statistics was used to test the hypothesis
at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that vice-chancellors used
motivational techniques to achieve universities’ goals x goal achievement was
moderately attained x The study concluded that there was a relationship etween
Vice Chancellors’ motivational techniques and goal achievements in universities in South
west, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that the National
Universities Commission should organize workshops, seminars, and conferences for
university vice chancellors to abreast them of the latest development, enhancing their
efficiency and effectiveness in discharging their responsibilities.