Aftermath of 2022 ASUU Strike in Nigeria: Does Years on the Job and Openness to Experience Play Roles on University Workers’ Intention to Quit Their Job?
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https://doi.org/10.55677/ijhrsss/01-2025-Vol02I3Keywords:
ASUU Strike, Years on the job, Personality, Intention to Quit, intention to stayAbstract
The study explored the roles of years on the job and openness to experience on university workers’ intention to quit their job after 2022 ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) strike among three hundred and fifty (350) members of staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Nigeria. The participants consist of 200 lecturers and 150 administrative staff, who have spent between 3 – 26 years on the job. Their ages ranged from 36 – 61 years with the mean age of 48.5 and standard deviation of 1.84. Their gender consist of male = 160 (47.3%) and female = 190 (52.7%). Two instruments were used for data collection namely, employee intention to stay or quit scale and Big-Five personality inventory. Multiple regression statistics was adopted for data analyses. The results showed that years on the job significantly and negatively predicted intention to quite β = -.212, P <.05 and openness to experience did not predict intention to quit β = .075, P = .05. Based on the findings, the researchers recommend that university based trade unions must adopt extensive welfare packages that could carter for their members especially the newly employed members of the unions during industrial actions. Also, university managements should institute robust welfare system that would relieve the stress newly employed staff undergo, which may be responsible for their higher turn-over intentions.
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