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Also Hughis, Ginnelt and Curphy (2009) are of the opinion that it is the leader and management that make
workers and institutions whether federal or state to perform. He further asserted that harmony between the
management and workers will enhance performance. The study also revealed that age of workers will not
influence their job performance. Even though one may naturally think that age should influence workers job
performance as ability decreases with age.
This finding is not in agreement with Sheldon (1971) who holds the view that age binds one more tightly to job
performance in the organization particularly, the pension plans.
Lawrence (1987) opined that managers often find aged employees of either sex to be more reliable in job
performance. This is just to buttress the fact that age is not a barrier or would not significantly influence job
performance if the environment is condusive , materials and other infrastructures or tools are adequately
provided for the workers to work whether old or young will not matter as long as the skill, basic education and
acumen is there.
CONCLUSION
The study examined if there is significant difference between the job performance of administrative staff in
federal and state universities and whether age will significantly influence the job performance of the
administrative staff. The study was able to conclude that there was no significant difference between the job
performance of administrative staff in federal and state universities. It was also revealed that age of workers will
not influence the job performance of the administrative staff in south west Nigeria Universities.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The fact that there is no significant difference in the job performance of administrative staff in federal and
state universities implies that motivation from both the federal and state government for the workers are high,
the organizational climate is quite encouraging and the facilities provided for the workers are adequate. This
standard should be kept and workers morale should be boosted more to keep the standard. Also, age was found
not to significantly influence the job performance of workers. This also means that both old and young staffs are
pulling their weight and committed to their job. This should be encouraged and sustained with a lot of
motivational remunerations.
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