Human Resource Management Practices and Academics’ Retention in Selected Private Universities in South-west, Nigeria
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2024-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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One of the major issues facing many organizations today is employee retention. Even though management of organisations are making conscious efforts to ensure employee engagement, recent studies have shown that there is a steady decline in employees’ engagement, especially among academics of university. The study therefore examined the role of human resource management practices on academics’ engagement in selected private universities in Southwest Nigeria. The study is hinged on two theories-Equity Theory and Social Exchange Theory. A total of 458 copies of questionnaire were administered to selected private universities. Five-point Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. Collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on hypothesis one, the overall regression model was statistically significant (F=15.495, p=0.000) suggesting that the human resource management practices collectively contributed to the prediction of academics’ intention to stay. Hypothesis two revealed that the overall regression model was statistically significant (F=11.341, p=0.000) suggesting that the human resources collectively contributed to the prediction of academics’ loyalty. Hypothesis three revealed that the overall regression model was not statistically significant (F=2.331, p=0.058) suggesting that the human resources collectively do not contribute to the prediction of the commitment of the academic staff. Hypothesis four revealed that the overall regression model was statistically significant (F=3.129, p=0.016) suggesting that the human resources collectively contributed to the prediction of the engagement of the academic staff. Also, it was revealed that there is a weak positive significant relationship between work life balance programme (B=0.240, t-value=2.802, p value=0.006) and engagement. Based on the findings of the study, it was therefore, recommended that university management should ensure that good and effective human resource management practices are put in place in order to ensure maximum and efficient productivity from staff.
Keywords: Human Resource Management Practices, Academics’ Intention, Loyalty, Engagement, Commitment.
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Human Resource Management Practices, Academics’ Intention, Loyalty, Engagement, Commitment.
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Kate Turabia