Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 10 ~ Issue 1 (2022)pp: 52-56 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org *Corresponding Author: Prof. AJAYI, Isaac Abiodun (PhD) 52 | Page Research Paper Health and Counselling Services as Correlates of Academic Staff Productivity in Southwest Nigerian Universities Prof. AJAYI, Isaac Abiodun (PhD) Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti And ADEYANJU, Similoluwa Iyabo Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti ABSTRACT The study examined health and counselling services as correlates of academic staff productivity in Southwest Nigerian universities. The study specifically examined the relationship among health services, counselling service and academic staff productivity. The descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted in the study. The population consisted of 8,724 academic staff of the public Universities in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for this study consisted of 1200 academic staff who were selected from 6 public Universities (Federal and State) in the Southwest, Nigeria. Multi – stage sampling procedure was used in the selection of the sample for the study. The data for this study were collected through the use of two sets of self – designed instruments namely Health and Counselling Services Questionnaire (HCSQ) and Productivity of Academic Staff Questionnaire (PASQ). To ensure the face and content validity of the instruments, the instruments were subjected to screening by experts in the areas of Tests and Measurement and Educational Management. The reliability of the instruments was carried out through test re-test method. A reliability coefficient of 0.811 was obtained for HCSQ and 0.803 was obtained for PASQ. However, out of the 1200 copies of the questionnaire administered, 1173 were properly filled and returned. This was the number used for analysis. The data obtained for the study were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of this study revealed that health services were related to staff productivity of academic staff while counselling service has no way of influencing academic staff productivity. It was recommended among others that the government should provide health insurance for academic staff as this will go a long way to cater for any health challenges that may come up. KEYWORDS: Health Service, Counselling Service, Productivity, Academic Staff Received 01 Jan, 2022; Revised 08 Jan, 2022; Accepted 10 Jan, 2022 © The author(s) 2022. Published with open access at www.questjournals.org I. Introduction The attainment of laudable goals of tertiary education hinges, on staff productivity which is the reflection of their effectiveness and efficiency in service delivery and resource utilization. Productivity is the measurement between the extent of time and energy employees devotes working and the subsequent output. If the subsequent output tallies to the inputs, the staff is assumed to be productive. Therefore, it has an important influence on an organisation’s proceeds (Sheahan, 2011). When the staff are productive, they achieve more within a specified time frame and this in turn leads to greater productivity for the organisation while staff unproductive behaviour can lead to the reverse as they take longer time to meet set targets which invariably bring more losses to the organisation in terms of resources (Sheahan, 2011). Academic staff productivity according to Kaniki (2003) is the competence with which academic staffs accomplish their numerous responsibilities of learning (product of teaching), knowledge and scholarship (the product of research and other scholarly activities) institutional, community and professional well-being (the