EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIFIC AND OVERALL JOB DEMANDS ON BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ TURNOVER INTENTIONS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF NIGERIA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH
Keywords:
Business Educators, Nigeria’s Public Universities, Overall Job Demands, South-South Nigeria, Specific Job Demands, Turnover Intentions.Abstract
The present study has been carried out to examine: (1) the extent to which Business Educators are prone to specific and overall job demands (e.g., work-family conflict, family-work conflict, excess workload and time pressure) and turnover intentions in Nigeria’s Public Universities in South-South, and (2) the extent to which specific and overall job demands (e.g., work-family conflict, family-work conflict, excess workload and time pressure) predict Business Educators’ turnover intentions in Nigeria’s Public Universities in South-South. A causal research design was used to actualize the aim of this study. Data were collected from 139 Business Educators from 13 Public Universities through the administration of questionnaires on the respondents. The authors applied the descriptive statistics such as Mean and Standard Deviation, and the inferential statistics such as correlation and regression via 10000 resamples bootstrap. The findings show that Business Educators experience a much higher level of specific and overall job demands. Also, Business Educators exert a much higher level of turnover intentions. The study also finds a positive degree of correlation as well as a significant degree of relationship between specific and overall job demands and Business Educators’ turnover intentions. Furthermore, limitations of the study and practical implications of the results were discussed.
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