Lecturers’ Perception of Academic Staff Retention Strategies, Job Satisfaction and Goal Achievement in Private Universities in South-West, Nigeria
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2020-07-02
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Academic staff retention and job satisfaction in Nigeria has raised deep concern among educational stakeholders.
Thus, effective retention strategies capable of engaging competent workforce must be put in place to achieve
institutional goals. Thus, the study examined academic staff retention strategies, job satisfaction and goal achievement
in private Universities in South-west, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the
study comprised 1,921 academic staff and 139 management staff in all the 23 private Universities from in the Southwest, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 10 out of the institutions that were established before
the year 2000 to provide information pertinent to the study. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 60
Management staff. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 200 employers of labour. “Academic Staff
Retention Strategies Questionnaire” (ASRSQ), “Job Satisfaction Questionnaire” (JSQ) and “Goal Achievement
Questionnaire” (GAQ) were used to collect data for the study. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the
research questions raised. The findings of the study revealed that the levels of academic staff retention strategies, job
satisfaction and goal achievement were average. The study concluded that effective retention strategies enhanced job
satisfaction of academic staff in private Universities in South-west, Nigeria. The study recommended that
compensation packages for academic staff in private Universities be enhanced and made relevant to prevailing
economic circumstances through periodical review
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Mustapha Adam Ishola1 , Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem2 , Yusuf Suleiman3 and Lawal Ade Aliyu