ERIC Number: EJ1419311
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0892-0206
EISSN: EISSN-1741-9883
High-Performance Work Practices Lecturers' Performance Connection: Does Working Condition Matter?
Umar A. Abboh; Abdul H. A. Majid; Mohammad Fareed; Iyanda Ismail Abdussalaam
Management in Education, v38 n2 p79-90 2024
Poor performance of lecturers in Nigerian Polytechnics warrants independent research on lecturers' job performance, given that the poor performance has seriously affected educational development in the country. Substantial evidence from the extant literature has highlighted that high-performance work practices are significant predictors and drivers of enhanced performance. Also, the functionality of high-performance work practices is context-dependent. Therefore, the current study investigates the effect of high-performance work practices (recruitment and selection, training and development, and employee involvement) on lecturers' performance in the context of Nigerian polytechnics. It also examines the moderating role of working conditions in the high-performance work practices' relationship with lecturers' performance. Data were obtained from 539 academics in the North-west Nigerian polytechnics. The overall findings indicate that training and development and employee involvement are significant predictors of enhanced lecturers' performance, and working condition strengthens the recruitment and selection-performance connection and employee involvement-performance relationship. This implies that the link between HR practices and enhanced performance could be affected by the environment within which organizations operate. The present study focused mainly on teaching staff from the polytechnics located in the north-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Thus, other geopolitical zones and non-teaching staff from various polytechnics could be studied further by future studies.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Lecture Method, Educational Practices, Employment Practices, Job Performance, Teaching Conditions, Context Effect, Personnel Management
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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