Human Resource Management Practices: Developing and Testing an Instrument in the Context of Academic Staff in Universities in Uganda
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Date
2018
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Journal of Educational Review
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop and test instrument for HRM practices in the
context of academic staff in universities in Uganda. HRM practices were operationalised
as recruitment, selection, job design, training, performance appraisal, promotion,
employee participation, rewards, job security and safety, and grievances handling
mechanisms. In particular, the study sought to establish the validity and reliability of
each of the 10 HRM practices and the correlation between them. The sample of 301
academic staff was chosen from four public and three private universities. The
development and testing of the instrument was carried out basing on review of literature.
The factors were tested using factor analysis and Cronbach alpha (รก). The relationship
between the HRM practices subscales was examined using Pearson product-moment
correlations. It was found out that the items measuring HRM practices sub scales were
valid and reliable measures. The correlation results suggested that the HRM subscales
were independent with job design as the most independent subscale. It was concluded that
the instrument provides appropriate measures for the different HRM practices.
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Academic Staff, Factor Analysis, HRM Practices, Measurement, Reliability, Scale Development, Testing, University
Citation
Mugizi, W., & Bakkabulindi, F. E. (2018). HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: DEVELOPING AND TESTING AN INSTRUMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITIES IN UGANDA. Journal of Educational Review, 10(1).