Professional Development Practices And Organizational Commitment Of Academic Staff In Ugandan Public Universities: A Case Of Makerere And Kyambogo Universities.

Muyiggwa, Saul Mubanda; John Paul, Kasujja; Simon Peter, Ongodia

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dc.contributor.author	Muyiggwa, Saul Mubanda
dc.contributor.author	John Paul, Kasujja
dc.contributor.author	Simon Peter, Ongodia
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-27T15:29:33Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-27T15:29:33Z
dc.date.issued	2020-07
dc.identifier.issn	2411-5681
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/953
dc.description.abstract	Organisational commitment of university academic staff has and is still a challenge of public universities in Uganda. This study attributes organisational commitment to low professional development practices of university academic staff at Makerere and Kyambogo universities. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey design with both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and selected a study sample of 320 Academic staffs from both Makerere and Kyambogo universities using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The study data was anlysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and regression analysis, while qualitative data was thematically anlysed. The study discovered that organisational commitment of staffs at both Makerere and Kyambogo universities significantly correlates with professional development practices of academic staffs. The study concluded that, the two practices – informal learning opportunities and formal training opportunities predict the level of organizational commitment of academic staff at Makerere and Kyambogo universities. The study recommended that, university Councils in conjunction with management in Makerere and Kyambogo Universities should create policies that ensure that all academic staffs are involved in informal learning activities and support accorded to formal training	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal of Education and Research	en_US
dc.subject	Professional development practices, Organisational commitment, Academic Staff, Makerere University, Kyambogo University, and Uganda	en_US
dc.title	Professional Development Practices And Organizational Commitment Of Academic Staff In Ugandan Public Universities: A Case Of Makerere And Kyambogo Universities.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US