Author: Olugbenga Jelil Ladebo
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between the organizational commitment facet and job performance of faculty engaged in agricultural training and research in Nigerian Universities. Questionnaires were used to elicit information from 302 faculty members of two universities of agriculture and two faculties of agriculture in 2000. The sample consisted of 78.5% men, and mean age was 40years (SD = 8.19 years). Principal components analysis showed that the commitments of the faculty is characterized by three facets: orientation towards the profession, peer group, and the employing institution. The commitments facets have no direct significant influence on the productivity of the faculty (P>0.05), but only indirectly as an individual faculty stays longer on the job and advances through the ranks. Intervention efforts must involve socializing the faculty at the early stage of their career to engage in problem-solving agricultural research, while the universities must have explicit research mandate and priorities.
Keywords: Organization Commitment, Performance, Agricultural Technology, Faculty