INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION CONFLICT ON PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN UNIVERSITIES IN ENUGU STATE

The need to enhance job performance among Nigerian workforce, especially business educators, informed this study to determine the influence of organizational conflicts on performance of business educators in universities in Enugu State. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study comprised 27 Business Educators in all three Universities in the State. The instrument used for data collection was 18-item four-point rating scale questionnaire developed by the researchers and titled influence of organizational conflicts on the performance of business educators in universities in enugu state. The instrument was validated by three experts; two from the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education and one from Measurement and Evaluation unit of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Education both in the Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability coefficient which yielded 0.78. Out of 27 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 26 copies were retrieved and used for data analysis representing 96.30% return rate. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the three null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance at 74 degree of freedom. The study revealed that Business Educators agreed to the items under interpersonal conflicts, technological conflicts and structural conflicts among Business Educators in universities in Enugu State. Based on the findings, some implications were deduced and it was recommended among others that the Institutions should establish clear guidelines for the fair distribution of resources, including technological tools and funding, to reduce competition and related conflicts. Also, revisiting organizational hierarchies and reward systems, as well as structural issues that hinder collaboration and satisfaction, fostering a more cohesive work environment among Business Educators in Universities in Enugu State should be done be the University administration