Factors Affecting Academic Staff Performance in Egyptian Universities: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

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1 School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire hosted by Global Academic Foundation, New Administrative Capital, 11578, Cairo, Egypt

2 Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Political Science, Business Department, British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

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The relationship between participation and developmental opportunities with job satisfaction and  performance has crucial role not only business researchers but also education researchers. However, this topic has not gained significant attention in the higher educational management research. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of participation in decision making and developmental opportunities on lacademic staff satisfaction and  performance in universities in Egypt. Survey was used to collect the data. A total of 360 questionnaires were obtained. The loading, cronbach’s α, rho-a and AVE are used to examin the constructs. All Cronbach’s alpha values are more than 0.7 and factor loading is more than 0.50. Correlation, regression analysis and structural equation modeling was employed to test research hypotheses. In addition, t-test and ANOVA test were also conducted to investigate the different impact of demographic data on the job performance of the academic staff. This study finds that participative decision making and academic rank have significant effect on lecturer performance. In addition, the developmental opportunities has significantly affects academic staff performance. In conclusion, the findings imply that involving academic staff in educational decision making and encourage the development of staff would be useful to improve not only lecturer performance but also organizational performance.
 

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