Nurturing young faculty for improved job engagement: Moderating role of institutional citizenship behaviour in the new normal world of work

Abstract

This study examined the influence of the nurturance of young faculty on improved job engagement and the moderating role of institutional citizenship behaviour. This study used a quantitative research design, adopting a survey method. Young faculty (Graduate Assistants-Lecturer 1) were considered for this survey. A total of 261 young faculty were drawn from all the colleges of the three randomly selected private universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. Structural Equation Modelling, Smart Partial Least Square (3.0) was used to show the level of relationships and the resultant effect of young faculty nurturing initiatives on improved job engagement with the moderating