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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Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah
Hassan, Aminuddin
Mohd Rasdi, Roziah
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description 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.
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spelling upm.eprints-601342018-05-18T00:43:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60134/ Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria Aji, Abubakar Abba Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah Hassan, Aminuddin Mohd Rasdi, Roziah 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. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60134/1/53-5.pdf Aji, Abubakar Abba and Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah and Hassan, Aminuddin and Mohd Rasdi, Roziah (2016) Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2016 Seminar, 17 Dec. 2016, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 36-42).
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Abdul Hamid, Jamaliah
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Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
title Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
title_full Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
title_fullStr Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
title_short Organizational and personal factors as predictors of lecturers' organizational commitment in higher education institutions in Nigeria
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