WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND TALENT RETENTION IN UNIVERSITIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1              Background to the Study                                                                                            

1.2              Statement of the Problem                                                                                           

1.3              Objective of the Study                                                                                                

1.4              Research Questions                                                                                                     

1.5              Hypotheses                                                                                                                  

1.6              Rationale for Hypotheses                                                                                           

1.7              Scope of the Study                                                                                                     

1.8              Significance of the Study                                                                                           

1.9              Operationalization of Variables                                                                                  

1.10          Operational Definition of Terms                                                                                 

1.11          Brief Historical Background of the Universities under study                                    

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.1       Conceptual Review                                                                                                     

2.1.1    Workplace Discrimination                                                                                          

2.1.1.1 Advantage of Awareness of Workplace Discrimination                                            

2.1.1.2 Disadvantage of Workplace Discrimination                                                               

2.1.1.3 Types of Discrimination                                                                                              

Content                                                                                                                                   

2.1.2    Religious Affiliation                                                                                                   

2.1.3    Work Climate                                                                                                              

2.1.4    Institutional Policy                                                                                                      

2.1.5    Workforce Diversity                                                                                                   

2.1.6    Managerial Skills                                                                                                         

2.1.6.1 Types of Managerial Skills                                                                                          

2.1.7    Career Development                                                                                                   

2.1.8    Talent Retention                                                                                                         

2.1.8.1 Characteristics of Talent Retention                                                                           

2.1.8.2 Advantage of Talent Retention                                                                                  

2.1.8.3 Disadvantage of Talent Retention                                                                              

2.1.8.4 Talent Turnover                                                                                                           

2.2.      Theoretical Review of Literature                                                                                

2.2.1    Workplace Discrimination and Talent Retention Theories                                         

2.3       Empirical Review                                                                                                        

2.3.1    Managerial Skills and Talent Retention                                                                      

2.3.2    Career Development and Talent Retention                                                                

2.3.3    Institutional Policy and Talent Retention                                                                   

2.3.4    Workforce Diversity and Talent Retention                                                                

2.3.5    Work Climate  and Talent Retention                                                                          

2.3.6    Religion Affiliation and Talent Retention                                                                  

2.4       Summary and Gaps in Literature                                                                                

2.5       Conceptual Model                                                                                                      

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

3.1       Research Design                                                                                                         

3.2       Population                                                                                                                   

3.3       Sample Size and Sampling Techniques                                                                       

3.4       Method of Data Collection                                                                                         

3.5       Research Instrument                                                                                                   

3.6       Pilot Study                                                                                                                  

3.6.1    Validity of the Research Instrument                                                                         

Content                                                                                                                                   

3.6.2    Reliability of the Research Instrument                                                                       

3.7       Method of Data Analysis                                                                                           

3.7.1    Model Specification                                                                                                    

3.8       A priori Expectation                                                                                                    

3.9       Ethical Considerations                                                                                                

3.10     Expected Contribution to Knowledge                                                                       

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS

AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.0       Introduction                                                                                                                

4.1       Data Analysis and Presentation of findings                                                               

4.1.1    Demographic Characteristics of respondents                                                 

4.2       Data analysis, interpretation and discussion                                                               

4.2.1.   Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis1                                  

4.2.2    Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis2                                  

4.2.3    Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis3                                  

4.2.4    Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis4                                 

4.2.5    Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis5                                  

4.2.6    Re-statement of objective, research question and hypothesis6                                  

4.3       Summary table of findings                                                                                         

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