Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the social capital factors of career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities. Design/methodology/approach: A measurement and structural analysis were conducted for the three independent variables and a dependent variable on 20 p...
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| author | Hassan, Abubakar Idris Baharom, Mohd Nazri Abdul Mutalib, Rozita |
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| description | Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the social capital factors of career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities.
Design/methodology/approach: A measurement and structural analysis were conducted for the three independent variables and a dependent variable on 20 public universities. Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. The dependent variable was female academic staff career advancement and the independent variables were mentoring, networking and government machinery. Using stratified random sampling, 532 academic staff were selected as the study respondents. They represented sampling criteria such as federal and state universities.
Findings: Structural modeling analysis showed that social capital variables, specifically mentoring, networking and government machinery variables, were significant contributors to the career advancement of the female academic staff in Nigerian universities.Practical implications
This study creates an insight into the knowledge of career advancement among female academic staff in public universities. These institutions dominate the university system in Nigeria and serve as the main avenue for university education in the country. At the level of higher institution, HRD is significant, particularly in creating awareness among academic staff about their career planning and aspirations, the role that the perceived environmental factors play in their advancement to higher positions in the university and how they should further utilize those factors.Originality/value: The paper examines social capital factors (limited to mentoring, networking and government machinery) that are of concern to managing the career advancement of female academic staff in public universities. |
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| spelling | uum-259382019-04-18T01:13:20Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25938/ Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities Hassan, Abubakar Idris Baharom, Mohd Nazri Abdul Mutalib, Rozita HD28 Management. Industrial Management Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the social capital factors of career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities. Design/methodology/approach: A measurement and structural analysis were conducted for the three independent variables and a dependent variable on 20 public universities. Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. The dependent variable was female academic staff career advancement and the independent variables were mentoring, networking and government machinery. Using stratified random sampling, 532 academic staff were selected as the study respondents. They represented sampling criteria such as federal and state universities. Findings: Structural modeling analysis showed that social capital variables, specifically mentoring, networking and government machinery variables, were significant contributors to the career advancement of the female academic staff in Nigerian universities.Practical implications This study creates an insight into the knowledge of career advancement among female academic staff in public universities. These institutions dominate the university system in Nigeria and serve as the main avenue for university education in the country. At the level of higher institution, HRD is significant, particularly in creating awareness among academic staff about their career planning and aspirations, the role that the perceived environmental factors play in their advancement to higher positions in the university and how they should further utilize those factors.Originality/value: The paper examines social capital factors (limited to mentoring, networking and government machinery) that are of concern to managing the career advancement of female academic staff in public universities. Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25938/1/JMD-05-2016-0069.pdf Hassan, Abubakar Idris and Baharom, Mohd Nazri and Abdul Mutalib, Rozita (2017) Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities. Journal of Management Development, 36 (4). pp. 525-541. ISSN 0262-1711 http://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-05-2016-0069 doi:10.1108/JMD-05-2016-0069 doi:10.1108/JMD-05-2016-0069 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Hassan, Abubakar Idris Baharom, Mohd Nazri Abdul Mutalib, Rozita Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title | Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title_full | Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title_fullStr | Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title_short | Social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in Nigerian universities |
| title_sort | social capital and career advancement of female academic staff in nigerian universities |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25938/1/JMD-05-2016-0069.pdf |
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