IMPACT OF ACCOMMODATION ON JOB PERFORMANCE AT CALEB UNIVERSITY, IMOTA-LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

Every employer is saddled with performance expectations from all employees while all employees desire job satisfaction for maximum productivity. Several factors have been known to affect staff performance. They are rewards, accommodation, promotion opportunities, work conditions, workgroup and interpersonal relationships, leadership styles and performance appraisal in various organizations, etc. This study aims to examine the impact of the accommodation on the staff performance at Caleb University, Imota, Lagos with a view to suggesting possible means of resolving them. Well-structured questionnaires were administered to randomly sampled 95 staff of Caleb University, Imota comprising 48.4% academic staff, 50.5% non-academic staff and 1.1% others. Results showed that (69)72.6% of the staff do not have accommodation on campus while (26)27.4% have accommodation on campus. Also, there is a significant correlation relationship of .559 between the comfort of accommodations and staff performance which is greater than .05, and there is a significant difference of .420 between the quality of accommodations and staff performance. Therefore, this study concludes that attention and priority should be given to staff accommodation and the quality of accommodation for excellent staff job performance in the study area. Keywords: Accommodation, Caleb University, Housing, Job Performance, Productivity.