Working conditions and job performance of academic staff in private universities in Tanzania in comparison with public universities

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between working conditions and the job performance of academic staff in Tanzanian Universities. In all, 1000 respondents selected from 6 universities constituted the sample of the study. The respondents were selected using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Two instruments were used to elicit relevant information from the respondents. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentage and Pearson product moment correlation. The study revealed that there was significant relationship between the working conditions and job performance of academic staff in the universities. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the management of the universities should make working conditions more conducive by giving more attention to the provision of physical facilities, information services, motivation, authority-staff relationship, participation in decision making and staff development in order to facilitate better job performance of the academic staff.