Are Organisational Characteristics Antecedents of Employee Commitment? Evidence using Academic Staff in Private Universities in Uganda by Wilson
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Date
2016
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International Conference on Private Higher Education in Africa
Abstract
The study sought to find out whether organizational structure, leadership, relationships and support
were antecedents of the employee commitment (EC) of the academic staff. The correlational study
involved 173 respondents from three private universities in Uganda. Data were collected using a
questionnaire whose validity and reliability were tested using Factor Analysis and Cronbach Alpha.
Means were used for descriptive analysis, while multiple regression helped to test the hypotheses.
Results showed that organizational leadership and support were significant positive antecedents of
EC, while organizational structure and employee relationships were not. This led to the conclusion
that the two positive antecedents were most likely essential requirements for the EC of the
academic staff in private universities to their jobs, while organizational structure and employee
relationships may not be. Hence the recommendation those stakeholders such as the directorates
of human resource in the respective universities, promote good organizational leadership and
support in order to enhance the EC of the academic staff.
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Academic staff, Employee commitment, Organizational characteristics, Private university, Regression
Citation
Mugizi, W., K Bakkabulindi, F. E., & Bisaso, R. (2016). Are Organisational Characteristics Antecedents of Employee Commitment? Evidence using Academic Staff in Private Universities in Uganda.