期刊名称：Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy
印刷版ISSN：1313-1958
电子版ISSN：1313-9118
出版年度：2017
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：320-337
出版社：University of Sofia
摘要：Governance and management of higher education worldwide,bothers on management’s and staff’s acceptability of being responsiblefor their decisions and actions; stewardship, fairness in terms of justice andequity, and all other aspects of administrative performance. This study assessedthe moral, process and supervisory accountability in Nigerian highereducation. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design usingpurposive sampling technique. A total of 1,000 academic and administrativestaff members drawn from two federal universities in the Southwestern geopoliticalzone of Nigeria constituted the sample frame. Two instruments tagged“Accountability Assessment Questionnaire Types A and B” for academic andnon-academic staff respectively were used to obtain needed information fromthe respondents. The results obtained showed agreement to all assessed variableson moral accountability except payment of allowances 77.8% as andwhen due. Similarly, process accountability was considered good as valuesabove 60% was obtained in the average on documentation, review of activitiesand staff promotions among others; however, supervisory accountability wasequally good except that reward for excellence among staff 62.9% was not in- stitutionalized. The study therefore concluded that for staff in Nigerian higher education to be appreciated for their passion and commitment to work, payment of their allowances as and when due should be taken serious and timely. Recognition should equally be given to members of staff to serve as motivator for others. University management should not wait for staff to embark on strike actions before they are attended to as this would infringe on public perception of their moral, process and supervisory accountability.
