Influence of Salary and Promotion on Academic Staff ' s Job Performance in Tanzanian Universities

Abstract

AbstractSalary and promotion practices for academic staff in universities hasbeen a subject of concern for long time as there is a mass exodus ofacademic staff to other seemingly financially promising non-teachingcareers. The study therefore, examined academic staff ' s ' salary andpromotion practices and assessed the extent to which they influencetheir job performance. The study adopted a correlational researchdesign. The data for this study were collected using questionnairesfrom 411 academic staff in selected Tanzanian universities. Semistructuredinterviews were conducted with six Deputy Vice Chancellors €“ Administration, 12 senior academic staff and two leaders of theacademic staff union. Purposive sampling was used to select universities.The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS) version 16. The findings indicated that there is no statisticallysignificant relationship between salary, promotion and job performanceamong university academic staff.Keywords: competitive compensation, research, teaching, universities,workload