Workload Management Strategies and Lecturers' Effectiveness in Examination Processing in Public Universities in Cross River State, Nigeria.

The purpose of the study was to find out whether workload management strategies can predict lecturers' effectiveness in examination processing in public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. Three specific objectives were stated. Three research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. An ex-post facto research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study was 2948 lecturers in the three public universities in the state. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 295 respondents representing 10 percent of the study population. Two instruments titled " Workload Management Strategies Questionnaire (WMSQ)" and " Lecturers' Effectiveness in Examinations Processing Questionnaire (LEEPQ)" were used to collect data. The instruments were validated by two experts. Cronbach's Alpha was used to determined the reliability of the instruments. Simple regression was used in the analysis. Result revealed that workload management strategies predict lecturers' effectiveness in examination processing significantly. Based on the result, it was recommended that all examinations should be digitalized to reduce lecturers workload and improve their effectiveness in examination processing, among others.