Methods of Checking Staff Attendance at Work in Managing Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria and Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Abstract

The study examines methods of checking staff attendance at work in managing universities in Rivers State, Nigeria and Greater Accra Region, Ghana. The study adopted descriptive research design. The population comprised forty-two (42) principal officers. The sample for the study was the three universities in Greater Accra Region, Ghana. 100% of the principal officers made up the sample size of 42 principal officers. The instrument for the study was a self-constructed questionnaire titled “Method of Checking Staff Attendance in University Management questionnaire (MCSAUMQ). The instrument was validated by 3 experts. Cronbach Alpha method was used to establish the reliability coefficient of 0.86 showing that the instrument was reliable for the study. Mean and percentage rank was used to answer the 1 research question while z-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The study revealed that checking staff attendance at work is a system for recording and reporting early or late arrival of staff and ghost names thus, recommended that university administrations and policy formulators in the sector should provide biometric registration at all sectors to promote effective method of checking workers attendance to work.