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Academic staff commitment in the face of a role (im)balance between work and personal life: can job satisfaction help?

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  • Nomusa Dube
  • Takawira Munyaradzi Ndofirepi

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Purpose - Keeping happy and committed workers is an imperative goal for organisations in any field, including higher education. Institutions must, however, have a thorough understanding of the elements that influence various organisational commitment levels before they can develop human resource management guidelines and procedures that work. Hence, by using social exchange theory, this study aimed to investigate the connection between work–life balance (WLB), job satisfaction and organisational commitment among a sample of Zimbabwean higher education institutions. These factors have received relatively minimal attention in academic institutions, particularly in developing nations. Design/methodology/approach - A cross-sectional survey was conducted, using convenience sampling, to examine 224 members of the teaching staff from two universities in western Zimbabwe. The collected data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings - The results revealed that WLB significantly predicted job satisfaction. Furthermore, the relationship between WLB and affective and normative commitment was found to be indirect and mediated by job satisfaction. Research limitations/implications - The results of this study suggest that WLB and job satisfaction are crucial factors for higher education institutions that aim to secure their talented faculty's affective and normative commitment. Therefore, universities should implement firm policies and practices that encourage academic staff to maintain a healthy WLB and enhance job satisfaction. Originality/value - The study's main contribution is the development of a conceptual model that contributes to the ongoing scholarly discourse on how to enhance organisational commitment among academic staff in under-resourced higher education institutions, as well as the concomitant implications for human resource policies within these institutions.

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  • Nomusa Dube & Takawira Munyaradzi Ndofirepi, 2023. "Academic staff commitment in the face of a role (im)balance between work and personal life: can job satisfaction help?," European Journal of Management Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 29(1), pages 31-50, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ejmspp:ejms-08-2022-0048
    DOI: 10.1108/EJMS-08-2022-0048
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