Abstract
This study examined the influence of capacity building on job performance of academic staff of tertiary institutions in Imo State. This study adopted a survey design with three research questions and three hypotheses. The population for the study was drawn from the four tertiary institutions mentioned above with a total number of three thousand one hundred and eight five (3,185) academic staff. The sample size for this study was four hundred (400) academic staff. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain the sample size for the study. Data collecting instrument was titled Capacity Building and Job Performance of Academic Staff Questionnaire which was subjected to content validity by three experts including the research supervisor. Analysis of data were done using the mean and ground mean for research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The result of finding was also discussed based on the responses from the variables used for the study. Finding reveals that academics staff stands on high extent to all the variable. Based on this the following recommendation were made: The practice of favoritism should be abolished and training or capacity building programme of all sort distributed equitably according to the need of both the individual(s) and the institutions, Academic staff capacity building must be thought of as a longterm process, which begins with initial preparation and only ends when the academic staff retires from the profession. There should be new approach to the education and development of academic staff, which requires a transformation of process and policies that support academic staff, their education, their work and their growth in the profession. Academic staff, capacity building must be systematically planned, supported, funded and researched to guarantee the effectiveness of this process.