Nurturing young faculty for improved job engagement: Moderating role of institutional citizenship behaviour in the new normal world of work
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This study examined the influence of the nurturance of young faculty on
improved job engagement and the moderating role of institutional citizenship behaviour.
This study used a quantitative research design, adopting a survey method. Young
faculty (Graduate Assistants-Lecturer 1) were considered for this survey. A total of 261
young faculty were drawn from all the colleges of the three randomly selected private
universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. Structural Equation Modelling, Smart Partial Least
Square (3.0) was used to show the level of relationships and the resultant effect of
young faculty nurturing initiatives on improved job engagement with the moderating role of institutional citizenship behaviour. The findings highlight a significant influence
of nurturance of young faculty on improved job engagement (teaching, research and
community service), while the institutional citizenship behaviour significantly moderated
the relationship between nurturance of young faculty and improved job engagement.
Based on the empirical evidence from the study, it is concluded that virtual
learning support indirectly influenced improved job engagement among the young
scholars in Nigeria private universities. This study contributes significantly by filling
a research gap in strategic human resource management and organisational behaviour
literature in the institution of higher learning. The empirical studies on the
relationship between NYF, ICB and IJE have not been sufficiently researched, particularly
within the context of Nigeria educational sector.
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H Social Sciences (General), HB Economic Theory