Authors :
Waigolo David
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 2 - February
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10730330
Abstract :
The main objective of the study was to
investigate factors associated with retention in service
among staff at Makerere University- Uganda. The study
used secondary data of administrative records on 1500
academic staff at Makerere university recruited in the
period (2000-2017). The epoch of retention at Makerere
University was estimated from date of first appointment to
date of exit i.e. resigning or absconding. A time to event
approach using the log-rank and a cox proportional
hazard model was adopted in the investigation.
The probability distribution of retention in service of
4.56 years (range; 0.22-23.32) obtained from the results
suggests a high turn-over of academic staff at Makerere
university. In the multivariable assessment, low retention
in service was noted among young academic staff, those at
lower ranks of assistant lecturers and teaching assistants
and those with high academic qualification at recruitment.
In light of these results, there is necessity to put in place
measures in retaining staff at lower academic qualification
than primarily focusing on academic staff with doctorates.
Keywords :
Academic Staff Retention, Predictors, Makerere University,
The main objective of the study was to
investigate factors associated with retention in service
among staff at Makerere University- Uganda. The study
used secondary data of administrative records on 1500
academic staff at Makerere university recruited in the
period (2000-2017). The epoch of retention at Makerere
University was estimated from date of first appointment to
date of exit i.e. resigning or absconding. A time to event
approach using the log-rank and a cox proportional
hazard model was adopted in the investigation.
The probability distribution of retention in service of
4.56 years (range; 0.22-23.32) obtained from the results
suggests a high turn-over of academic staff at Makerere
university. In the multivariable assessment, low retention
in service was noted among young academic staff, those at
lower ranks of assistant lecturers and teaching assistants
and those with high academic qualification at recruitment.
In light of these results, there is necessity to put in place
measures in retaining staff at lower academic qualification
than primarily focusing on academic staff with doctorates.
Keywords :
Academic Staff Retention, Predictors, Makerere University,
