Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between the organizational commitment facets and job performance of faculty engaged in agricultural training and research in Nigerian universities. Questionnaires were used to elicit information from 302 faculty members of two universities of agriculture and two faculties of agriculture in 2000. The sample consisted of 78.5% men, and the mean age was 40 years (SD = 8.19 years). Principal component analysis showed that the commitment of the faculty is characterised by three facets: orientation toward the profession, peer group, and the employing institution. The commitment facets have no direct significant influence on the productivity of the faculty (p > 0.05), but only indirectly as an individual faculty stays longer on the job and advances through the ranks. Intervention efforts must involve socializing the faculty at the early stage of their career to engage in problem-solving agricultural research, while the universities must have explicit research mandate and priorities.

Keywords: Organizational Commitment, Performance, Agricultural Technology, Faculty

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