HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC STAFF JOB SATISFACTION IN KANO STATE OWNED UNIVERSITIES.
Lawrence Bello Maimako , Abubakar Sadiq Sulaiman, PhD and Musbau Yusuf, PhD
Volume 12 Issue 1
Abstract
The study examined the effect of human resource management (HRM) practices on academic staff job satisfaction. The study is cross-sectional and four dimensions of human resource management practices namely; recruitment and selection, training, performance appraisal and employment relations were tested against job satisfaction. Correlation and regression analysis were employed to measure the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The result shows a positive and significant relationship between the independent variables (recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, and employment relations) and the dependent variable (job satisfaction) while training and development is significantly but negatively related to job satisfaction. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the management of the Kano State owned Universities should be more transparent in the process of recruitment and selection in order to increase the satisfaction of its employees, formal training programmes should to be put in place to increase academic staff knowledge as part of the Universities job satisfaction strategies so as to increase the satisfaction of its academic staff and also the performance appraisals of the Universities should be based on objectivity and the result should be quantifiable. Lastly, the management should emphasize on employment relations such as employee job description, and participation so as to increase employee job satisfaction and create powerful workplace relationships. Keywords: Recruitment and Selection, Training, Performance Appraisal, Employment Relations, and Job Satisfaction.
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