Turnover Intention in Nigerian Universities: Do Academics’ Spirituality and the Spiritual Climate Matter?

IF 0.2 Q4 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Africa Education Review Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI:10.1080/18146627.2022.2063750

L. Vem, R. B. Tuamyil, Samuel A. Ocholi, R. Thurasamy

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Abstract

Abstract Spirituality research has attracted much interest in recent times, particularly among the management group of researchers, owing to the realisation that people come to work not with their hands and heads only but also with their spirit. The present study explores the intervening role of spiritual climate in the relationship between spirituality and turnover intentions among academics at tertiary institutions in Plateau State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted and 320 questionnaires out of the 500 administered were used. The data set collected was analysed using Smart-PLS to test the hypothesised relationships. The results reveal: (1) No relationship between spirituality and turnover intention; (2) Spirituality relates positively to and significantly with spiritual climate; (3) Spiritual climate significantly influences academics’ intention to leave; (4) Spiritual climate is found to mediate the relationship between spirituality and intention to quit. We situate our contribution in this paper to theory and practice.

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尼日利亚大学的离职意向:学者的灵性与精神氛围重要吗?

近年来，灵性研究引起了人们的极大兴趣，特别是在研究人员的管理群体中，因为人们意识到，人们不仅用手和头来工作，而且还用他们的精神来工作。本研究探讨了尼日利亚高原州高等院校学者的灵性与离职意向之间的关系中，精神气候的干预作用。采用横断面调查设计，在500份问卷中使用了320份。收集的数据集使用Smart-PLS进行分析，以检验假设的关系。结果表明:(1)心理素质与离职倾向无显著相关;(2)灵性与灵性气候正相关且显著;(3)精神氛围显著影响学者离职意愿;(4)精神气候在精神状态与戒烟意向之间起中介作用。我们把本文的贡献定位于理论和实践。

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期刊介绍： Africa Education Review is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that seeks the submission of unpublished articles on current educational issues. It encourages debate on theory, policy and practice on a wide range of topics that represent a variety of disciplines, interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and transdisciplinary interests on international and global scale. The journal therefore welcomes contributions from associated disciplines including sociology, psychology and economics. Africa Education Review is interested in stimulating scholarly and intellectual debate on education in general, and higher education in particular on a global arena. What is of particular interest to the journal are manuscripts that seek to contribute to the challenges and issues facing primary and secondary in general, and higher education on the African continent and in the global contexts in particular. The journal welcomes contributions based on sound theoretical framework relating to policy issues and practice on the various aspects of higher education.