Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach

Public universities in Nigeria depend heavily on government financing. However, financing continues to be scarcer as the universities continuously receive pressures for enrolment, due to high demand for university education coupled with incessant strike actions from universities’ staff unions. It be...

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Main Author:	Adamu, Mohammad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2020
Subjects:	HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	my-uum-etd.103092023-02-09T02:28:09Z Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach 2020 Adamu, Mohammad Soon, Jan Jan Ahmad, Siti Aznor School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance and Banking HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. LB2300 Higher Education Public universities in Nigeria depend heavily on government financing. However, financing continues to be scarcer as the universities continuously receive pressures for enrolment, due to high demand for university education coupled with incessant strike actions from universities’ staff unions. It becomes a concern how these universities utilize their resources. This study assesses the relative efficiency of public universities, and determines the effects of exogenous factors affecting the efficiency of the public universities in Nigeria. The study uses mixed-method of quantitative and qualitative analyses. In the quantitative analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit regression are employed. Thematic interviews are conducted in 14 of the 18 universities and with a stakeholder representing the government so as to further answer the objectives of the study. Quantitative results show that only 2 out of the total 18 public universities are found to be fully efficient, positioned at the efficiency frontier line for the five different academic sessions and serve as the benchmark. On average, the relative technical efficiency for all universities over the period is 73.4%. The results also reveal significant difference in efficiency between federal and state universities. State universities are found to be more efficient than federal universities, with an average efficiency of 93.9%. The regression result reveals significant negative effects of funding on efficiency of the public universities. University size is found to be statistically significant and positively related with efficiency, while strike action is found to be negatively affecting the efficiency of public universities. The qualitative findings further reveal that misplacement of priority and inappropriate utilization of fund by the university management, poor quality research by staff, inadequate facilities, frequent disruptions of academic calendars, and poor quality graduates impinge on the efficiency of public universities in Nigeria. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10309/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10309/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-94968.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10309/2/s94968_01.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng
advisor	Soon, Jan Jan Ahmad, Siti Aznor
topic	HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle	HD58.9 Organizational Effectiveness. LB2300 Higher Education Adamu, Mohammad Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach
description	Public universities in Nigeria depend heavily on government financing. However, financing continues to be scarcer as the universities continuously receive pressures for enrolment, due to high demand for university education coupled with incessant strike actions from universities’ staff unions. It becomes a concern how these universities utilize their resources. This study assesses the relative efficiency of public universities, and determines the effects of exogenous factors affecting the efficiency of the public universities in Nigeria. The study uses mixed-method of quantitative and qualitative analyses. In the quantitative analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis and Tobit regression are employed. Thematic interviews are conducted in 14 of the 18 universities and with a stakeholder representing the government so as to further answer the objectives of the study. Quantitative results show that only 2 out of the total 18 public universities are found to be fully efficient, positioned at the efficiency frontier line for the five different academic sessions and serve as the benchmark. On average, the relative technical efficiency for all universities over the period is 73.4%. The results also reveal significant difference in efficiency between federal and state universities. State universities are found to be more efficient than federal universities, with an average efficiency of 93.9%. The regression result reveals significant negative effects of funding on efficiency of the public universities. University size is found to be statistically significant and positively related with efficiency, while strike action is found to be negatively affecting the efficiency of public universities. The qualitative findings further reveal that misplacement of priority and inappropriate utilization of fund by the university management, poor quality research by staff, inadequate facilities, frequent disruptions of academic calendars, and poor quality graduates impinge on the efficiency of public universities in Nigeria.
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title	Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach
title_short	Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach
title_full	Factors affecting efficiency of public universities in Nigeria: Evidence from mixed-method approach
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url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/10309/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-94968.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/10309/2/s94968_01.pdf
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