INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

This paper investigated professional practices and institutional leadership in in the management of tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. This study adopted a correlational survey design. The population of the study was 1,438 while the sample size was 362, which makes up 27% of the population, was randomly from the three universities. Two instruments were used for data collection in this study namely: Institutional Leadership Questionnaire (ILQ) and Professional Practices in Tertiary Institutions (PPTIQ). These instruments were validated by experts in Educational Management of the University. This study adopted the Cronbach Alpha using SPSS version 23. They yielded co-efficient index of 0.89 and 068 respectively which implies that the instrument was highly reliable. Mean and standard deviation was employed to analyze the research questions while the hypotheses were tested using multiple regression and the associated t-test. It was then concluded based on the finding and the following recommendations where made; professional practices should be encouraged in tertiary institutions in Rivers State, that leadership of tertiary institutions in Rivers State should continue to reemphasize the need for professional practices as majority of the respondents indicated that it exists significantly and others.