Coactive Staff Retention Strategies in Selected Zimbabwe’s Public and Private Universities: Human Resources Personnel’s Perspective
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
This eighth excerpt from the researcher’s thesis chronicles the coactive staff retention strategies in purposely selected Zimbabwe’s public and private universities from the perspective of the stakeholder-sampled Human Resources personnel. Data were gathered using open-ended interview and documentary analysis methods. Data were analysed using NVivo. Public and private universities offer coactive staff retention strategies such as salaries and promotion, medical aid and funeral cover. Both sets of universities appreciated the need to staff develop their staff members. In some private universities, there were no staff retention strategies to talk about. The first conclusion is that university lecturers’ salaries are unfavourable because they are comparably lower than what other universities in Southern Development Community (SADC) Region offer. Universities need to peg their salaries to match what the SADC Regional universities offer to lecturers of equivalent grades. Second, universities need to have clearly documented coactive staff retention strategies that enable them to become employers of choice. It is necessary to institute a macro-scale study in the terrain of coactive staff retention strategies with the intent to build a knowledge base to influence national policymaking decisions. Keywords: Coactive staff retention strategies, public universities, private universities, Human Resources personnel’s perspective, Human Resources personnel.
Authors and Affiliations
Professor Tichaona Mapolisa, Doctor Sharayi Chakanyuka
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP380273
- DOI -
- Views 115
- Downloads 0
Pay Satisfaction: A Correlate of Tardiness and Absenteeism among Civil Servants in Delta State
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship among pay satisfaction, tardiness and absenteeism among civil servants in Delta State, Nigeria. Participants in the study were three hundred and eighty-nine (389...
Citizen Participation as a Strategic Tool for Enhancing Service Delivery in Urban Local Authorities in Developing Countries: Fantasy or Reality?
Abstract: The paper examined the role of citizen participation in local authority service delivery in developing countries as these are generally characterised by deteriorating service delivery in the form of poor refuse...
New Protest movements in India: an Appraisal of Democracy, Civil Society and Media in India: With special reference to Anti-Corruption Agitation, 2011
The world in recent years has witnessed protest movements of various kinds and centering around various issues. Some instances that come to mind will be those of Occupy Movement, the famous Arab Spring and the Anti-Corru...
The Truth and Consequence on Unjust Performance Evaluation
This short communication emphasizes the truth and consequence of having a perception-based evaluation result that may somehow being affected by subjective information and intuition. It aims to present the four possibilit...
The Impact of Headmaster’s Servant-Leadership Practices towards Teachers’ Commitment in Betong, District of Sarawak
Abstract: This study is aimed to investigate the effects of servant-leadership practices towards teachers’ commitment to the school. The population comprised of teachers who serve in primary schools, Betong Division, Sar...