Comparative Effect of Moonlighting on Job Commitment, Retention and Satisfaction Between Academic Staff and Medical Doctors in Nigeria
Publication Date: 24/04/2023
Author(s): Iyabode Abisola Adelugba.
Volume/Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2 (2023)
Page No: 36-50
Journal: British Journal of Management and Marketing Studies (BJMMS)
Abstract:
This study deals with the effect of moonlighting on job commitment, retention and satisfaction between academic staff and medical doctors of public institutions in Southwest Nigeria. Data were analysed through t-test, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Evidence from MANOVA test indicates that moonlighting has a significant effect on the dependent variables of job commitment, retention and satisfaction respectively with comparative effect of 11% for academic staffs, 4% for medical doctors and 7% for the combined effect on academic staff and medical doctors respectively. Conclusions are drawn from the findings that moonlighting has a significant effect on job commitment, retention and satisfaction between academic staff and medical doctors of public institutions in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. The study recommends that Management of public institutions should develop HRM practices that can satisfying their employees with the aim of getting them more committed to their primary duties and assignments assigned to them.
Keywords:
Moonlighting, Job commitment, Retention, Satisfaction, Institution
