Staff Educational Qualification Perceptions on Vice Chancellors’ Management of Resources in Public Universities, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Vice-Chancellors of universities in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, were asked to evaluate their views on resource management in relation to staff educational qualifications. The research design used in the study was an analytical descriptive survey. During the 2021–2022 academic year, 4606 employees from three public universities in Bayelsa State comprised the study's target group. 1382 employees, or 30% of the entire workforce, were chosen for the study using a proportionate stratified random selection technique. To collect data for the study, a questionnaire consisting of 15 items was used. Vice-Chancellors' University Staff Perception and Resource Management Questionnaire (SPRMVUQ) was the title of the tool. The researcher's supervisor and two experts, one from the Department of Educational Foundations' educational management and planning unit and the other from the measurement and evaluation unit at Niger Delta University in Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, validated the instrument that the researcher had created. Cronbach's Alpha analysis was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument reliability coefficient value, which came out to be 0.82 in the study. Vice-chancellors at public universities do find that staff members' mean ratings of resource management are greatly influenced by their educational background. Because their educational background has the ability to motivate them, university employees should rely on it when evaluating the resource management of vice chancellors.