Human Resource Management Practices and Lecturers’ Retention in Selected Nigerian Public Universities

This study examined the relationship between human resource management practices and lecturer's retention in selected Nigerian public universities. It adopted a cross-sectional research survey. Accessible population for the study consists of five public universities in Nigeria using convenience sampling. 125 lecturers were surveyed from the five Nigerian public universities. Sample size is ninety five (95). 95 copies of questionnaire were administered but 82 copies were retrieved and used for data analysis. Face validity was used in the study. Cronbach Alpha test was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. Spearman's' Rank Order Correlation Coefficient (rho) was used to test the hypotheses using SPSS 20.0. The study found that human resource management practices have significant relationship with lecturers' retention in Nigerian public universities. This study concludes that human resource management practices measured in terms of promotion, training, compensation, working environment and organisational justice enhances lecturers' retention in Nigerian public universities. One of the recommendations is that promotion of lecturers should be done on yearly basis instead of three years to encourage Nigerian university lecturers to remain instead of leaving to other countries