Assessment of the Impact of Industrial Disputes on Teaching Effectiveness of Academic Staff in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Nigeria

Abstract

Industrial dispute is an inevitable aspect of organisational development; it can solidify an organisation and bring about positive outcome when constructively managed and it can also degenerate into confrontation resulting in dysfunctional outcome when misperceived and mismanaged in an organization. Industrial dispute is a constant phenomenon in Nigerian higher institutions of learning. Based on this, the study assessed the issues of industrial dispute and teaching effectiveness in Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Nigeria. Three research objectives were developed to guide the study, and a sample comprising of 136 respondents which include both the academic and management staff of the polytechnic were used. Data was collected through a questionnaire entitled “Industrial Dispute and Teaching Effectiveness Questionnaire” (IDTEQ)and analysed through mean and standard deviation. The major findings of the study revealed that the causes of industrial disputes in Polytechnic include refusal on the part of the management to honour agreement reached with academic staff and refusal to pay emoluments and allowances of the academic staff. The study also revealed that industrial disputes have negative effects on teaching effectiveness of academic staff members. Therefore, the study recommended that agreement reached with the academic staff are honoured.