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The Behavioural Implications of theCurrentReward System for Academic Staff in Nigerian Universities
I.O. Osamwonyi, O.R. Igbinomwanhia and O.O. Iyayi
Corresponding Author: I.O. Osamwonyi
Submitted: October 26, 2011
Accepted: November 18, 2012
Published: September 25, 2012 |
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Organisations are formed to realise goals. Consequently, efforts of organisation members are
intended to be directed at achieving organisational goals. However, the extent to which organisation members
will contribute efforts to organisational goal realisation is contingent, to a very degree, on the rewards attached
to goal-directed efforts or behaviour. Research has shown that behaviour that is rewarded is the behaviour that
is more likely to be repeated. Thus, in organisations, the extent to which rewards are linked to goal achievement
will have implications for the display of goal-directed behaviours. This study attempts to ascertain the
behavioural implications of the current reward system for academics in Nigerian universities. The study reveals
that a majority of Nigerian academics believe that teaching is the primary purpose for establishing a university,
but that the reward system is linked more to research and publications rather than teaching. They then submitted
that they would rather spend more of their time doing research than teaching, a trend which is capable of
jeopardising effectiveness in Nigerian universities.
Key words: Academic staff , goals, reward system, , , ,
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I.O. Osamwonyi, O.R. Igbinomwanhia and O.O. Iyayi, . The Behavioural Implications of theCurrentReward System for Academic Staff in Nigerian Universities. Asian Journal of Business Management, (4): 321-326.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-8752
ISSN (Print): 2041-8744 |
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