TASK-RELEVANT KNOWLEDGEABILITY: A DRIVER OF ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

Public tertiary institutions in Rivers State are striving to outclass other institutions and have competitive edge over them through reformation, transformation, modification and outright over-hauling of their academic programmes and organisational structures to meet global requirements. This paper present a holistic overview of public tertiary institutions around the globe. The purpose of this paper was to literally examine task-relevance knowledgeability as a driver to administrative commitment of public tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The objectives of the paper are to examine how task-relevance knowledgeability is a driver to administrative commitment of public tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Dimensions of task-relevance knowledgeability such as: Specialized skills, managerial achievement orientation skills and degree of readiness and the measures of administrative commitment such as: vision statement commitment, corporate mission commitment and corporate objectives commitment are all discussed in this paper. Explanatory research design is the method adopted in this paper and then adoption of Thorndike's Multi-Factor Theory, which believes that knowledgeability is not a single ability or process but is the arithmetical sum of a series of varied and unrelated abilities. Finally justification that task-relevance knowledgeability is a driver to administrative commitment of public tertiary institutions in Rivers State was made. Thereafter, conclusions was drawn and recommendations made.