"Motivation and Attitude to work: Academic Staff of Universities perceptions was carried out using the public universities in Edo and Delta states of Nigeria. Five factors were conceptualized as motivation, namely; university autonomy, Academic Freedom, material resources, payment of remuneration and promotion prospects. In order to guide the study, five hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted a correlational research design, academic staff of universities as at 2012/2013 session were the population used which amounted to 2,793, sample size was 25% (698), Questionnaire was used to...