Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria

Organizational commitment concept in organizational development studies has generated a lot of interest among researchers in recent years, yet a deficiency is observed on predictors of employees’ commitment among lecturers in HEIs in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examines organizational and persona...

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Main Authors: Aji, Abubakar Abba, Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah, Hassan, Aminuddin, Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60134/1/53-5.pdf
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Summary:Organizational commitment concept in organizational development studies has generated a lot of interest among researchers in recent years, yet a deficiency is observed on predictors of employees’ commitment among lecturers in HEIs in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examines organizational and personal factors of organizational climate, organizational culture and psychological empowerment on organizational commitment among lecturers in Borno state. A quantitative method was used and base on the finding it was concluded that organizational culture was a better predictor of lecturers’ organizational commitment in HEIs, this paper offers recommendations for practice and research.