EFFECTIVE MENTORING PRACTICES, JOB DEVELOPMENTAND JOBENGAGEMENT AMONG LECTURERSINLAGOS STATE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

Lecturers are the key elements in the Universities. Effective mentoring practice on lecturers in universities is the ability to raise their job development and job engagement especially young and newly employed lecturers, to higher standards. The study examined the effective mentoring practices, job development and engagements among lecturers in the public Universities in Lagos State, Nigeria. Thestudyhas three research questions and three hypotheses and the study adopted descriptive research survey design.  200 participants were selected using simple random sampling technique in selecting the samples for the study. Participants information was collected via a self- designed questionnaire. The data collected was analysed using the application of the Analysis of Variance statistical tool. The research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant and the hypotheses formulated were rejected. The findings revealed that mentoring practices in the public Universities have significant influence on the job development and job engagement of lecturers. It was also recommended that lecturers in the public universities in Lagos State, Nigeria should exposethemselves to academic tutelage such as conferences, workshops and orientation courses in order for them to be properly in tune with their job development and job engagement.