Human Resource Development Practices at the Crossroads: A Performance Review of Higher Educational Academics in East African Universities

Ssemugenyi, Fred; Seje, Tindi Nuru; Asumwa, Augustine Amboka

doi:10.18488/journal.119.2020.22.132.145

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“…In common parlance, methodology in research stands to refer to a scientific way of solving a research problem (Kothari, 2004). It systematically describes the procedures one undertakes to conduct a study (Olive, Mugenda, & Mugenda, 2003), cited in Ssemugenyi, Seje, and Asumwa (2020). This study adopted a cross-sectional survey design that permits data collection at one point in time (Amin, 2005;James & Sally, 2006;Xiaofeng & Cheng, 2020).…”

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“…As provided in Ssemugenyi et al (2020) that the eminence of a university cannot outmatch that of its academic staff, it is thus important to identify and recruit academics with transferrable traits which learners can use to discover their underlying potential and tease themselves with new challenges. The facilitators' role is to drive learners into a critical thinking space to birth solutions to the myriad economic challenges and spur transformation.…”

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Entrepreneurship a Misguided Quest: A Higher Education Review

Ssemugenyi

Obsiye²

2022

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Following a successful integration of entrepreneurship into the content-based curricula and the eventual significant growth of Asian economy, Uganda, through its universities joined the movement. The intention was to boost Uganda’s economy to a level of generating sufficient jobs, increased incomes, and improved goods and services. While this is a truism, the effectiveness of this intervention is still undergoing empirical testing. This study delved into the effectiveness of this strategy while using Kampala International University (KIU) and Nkumba University (NKU) as study samples. Utilizing a mixed-method explanatory sequential design, numerical data were collected first from 74 undergraduates, followed by interviews with 10 key informants. Results indicated that teaching methods significantly and positively affected students’ intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in entrepreneurship since the p. value (≤ 0.001) was below the margin of error (0.05) which was the minimum level of probability required in this study to declare statistical significance. But of the three parameters of X, the lecture method did not statistically impact the achievement of ILOs (Sig value = 0.489 > 0.05). In addition, although the interview responses recognised the importance of a balanced entrepreneurship curriculum in predicting students’ ILOs, the numerical data did not indicate any statistical significance (adjusted r2 = 0.254). Lastly, teacher quality as part of the predictor variables had a positive and significant impact on the achievement of ILOs in entrepreneurship (adjusted r2 0.452), but of the three sub-variables of teacher quality, content mastery and professionalism had a weak impact (Sig. 0.148 > 0.05 & Sig. 0.093 > 0.05).

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Entrepreneurship a Misguided Quest: A Higher Education Review

Ssemugenyi

Obsiye²

2022

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“…Talent management in tertiary institutions is a shared responsibility among the human resource managers and the heads of academic units, including deans (Arntzen, 2016). Whereas the human resource managers and heads of academic units of tertiary institutions are aware of the value of talent management practices, there is still failure in attracting, identifying, segmenting and rewarding talented academic staff (Ssemugenyi, 2020). This is as a result of stiff competition, which creates a war for talent among tertiary institutions, inadequate skilled academic staff, the rigidity of the systems and inadequate emotional intelligence of managers in institutions.…”

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Mediation role of systems adaptability between emotional intelligence and talent management

Namugumya

Munene²,

Mafabi³

et al. 2022

ICT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of systems adaptability in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the study purpose, the authors used responses from 91 tertiary institutions following a cross-sectional survey design. Partial least structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data and done at an institutional level. Findings The results reveal that systems adaptability plays a full mediating role in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions as it accounts for 96.68% variance. Research limitations/implications Managing talented employees is not a snapshot process, yet the authors used a cross-sectional design. This paper is limited in this regard. Also, talent management in this paper is only explained by emotional intelligence and systems adaptability. Practical implications Talent management is explained by emotional intelligence and systems adaptability, which are metaphors of emotional intelligence and complex adaptive system theories. The authors also add to theory by establishing a fully mediating role of systems adaptability between emotional intelligence and talent management. Originality/value This paper establishes the mediating role of systems adaptability in the relationship between emotional intelligence and talent management in tertiary institutions.

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A decade of unprecedented e-learning adoption and adaptation: Covid-19 revolutionizes teaching and learning at Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNGUoT)

Ssemugenyi

Seje

2021

Cogent Education

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Human Resource Development Practices at the Crossroads: A Performance Review of Higher Educational Academics in East African Universities

Cited by 5 publications

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Entrepreneurship a Misguided Quest: A Higher Education Review

Entrepreneurship a Misguided Quest: A Higher Education Review

Mediation role of systems adaptability between emotional intelligence and talent management

A decade of unprecedented e-learning adoption and adaptation: Covid-19 revolutionizes teaching and learning at Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNGUoT)

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