ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RATING OF THE ADEQUACY OF PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN YOBE STATE

This study determined the administrative staff rating of the adequacy of physical work environment in tertiary institutions in Yobe State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design of the study was descriptive survey. Population of the study was 1,032 administrative staff of federal and state tertiary institutions in the study area. A proportionate sampling was used to select a sample size of 310 administrative staff. A structured questionnaire containing 16 items validated by three experts was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha method was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. Correlation coefficients of 0.83 and 0.81 for two clusters (B1 and B2) with an overall coefficient of 0.82 obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and to determine the homogeneity of the respondents’ ratings while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The analysis was carried out using SPSS version 23.0. Findings revealed that administrative staff of rated safety measures and noise proof facilities provided in the administrative offices of tertiary institutions in Yobe State lowly adequate. The findings also showed that ownership of tertiary institution was a significant factor on the mean ratings of administrative staff on the adequacy of safety measures and noise proof facilities provided in the administrative offices. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that there is need to improve the physical work environment of tertiary institutions in Yobe State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that, the federal and state governments should increase the funding of tertiary institutions to improve safety measures and noise proof facilities in the institutions. This will enable the administrative staff of tertiary institutions to carry out their job tasks effectively