Geresem Orichom, Rogers Mwesigwa, Swafiyya Nakyeyune and Sandra Esagala
The study aimed to examine the relationship between researcher competencies, resource availability and research translation in Ugandan universities.
Abstract
Purpose
The study aimed to examine the relationship between researcher competencies, resource availability and research translation in Ugandan universities.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used a cross-sectional research design with a quantitative approach, focusing on 58 universities in Uganda. A stratified sampling method selected 52 universities, and purposive sampling identified specific units of inquiry. Primary data was collected via structured questionnaires, and both correlation and regression analyses were applied.
Findings
The study found a positive and significant correlation between both researcher competencies and research translation as well as resource availability and research translation. Additionally, the combined effect of researcher competencies and resource availability on research translation was also positive and significant.
Research limitations/implications
This study has been carried out in universities where academic staff have to carry out research. So, generalization to other organizations may not be possible.
Practical implications
The study’s findings can guide university researchers, management and policymakers, such as the Ministry of Education, Sports and National Guidance and the National Council for Higher Education, in prioritizing research translation as a tool for socioeconomic transformation.
Originality/value
The study uniquely explores the relationship between researcher competencies, resource availability and research translation in Ugandan universities, using the knowledge translation theory as its framework.
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Sudi Nangoli, Ambrose Kemboi, Charles Lagat, Rehema Namono, Swafiyya Nakyeyune and Benon Muhumuza
The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which servant leadership behaviour as a non-financial mechanism influences changes in continuance commitment. Research that…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which servant leadership behaviour as a non-financial mechanism influences changes in continuance commitment. Research that investigates effects on specific forms of commitment is likely to provide more tailored information, thereby enhancing the quality of resulting decisions.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used an explanatory approach to investigate the envisaged linkage between the study variables from a social-psychological perspective.
Findings
Findings revealed that servant leadership behaviour significantly influences the variations in continuance commitment.
Research limitations/implications
The data used were sourced from organisations in the health sector. Results were more likely to be limited to organisations dealing in services like healthcare, education, hospitality and business sectors. Also, since the data used were cross sectional, the application of results could be limited by changes in business cycle effects. Nevertheless, the study provides a direction of thought and a platform for a longitudinal study by future researchers.
Practical implications
Organisations have the option of relaying upon servant leadership behaviour as a non-financial mechanism of enhancing continuance commitment. This is likely to relieve the pressure on financial resources, especially for organisations in developing economies that often operate under conditions of economic scarcity.
Originality/value
This work is the first of its kind to describe the effect of servant leadership behaviour on continuance commitment in the health sector within Uganda which is a typical developing economy facing challenges of high attrition rates.
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Muhammed Ngoma, Rehema Namono, Sudi Nangoli, Hassan Bashir and Swafiyya Nakyeyune
This article examines the potential of increasing commitment of medical knowledge-workers (medical-KWs) in hospitals, particularly in handling deadly pandemics like COVID-19…
Abstract
Purpose
This article examines the potential of increasing commitment of medical knowledge-workers (medical-KWs) in hospitals, particularly in handling deadly pandemics like COVID-19, through servant leadership behaviour. The authors hold that medical-KWs like doctors and nurses form the core team of knowledge-workers (KWs) at the forefront of fighting COVID-19 through seeking possible vaccines, treating patients and promoting behaviours that curtail its spread. Thus research directed towards enhancing their continued commitment is both timely and valuable.
Design/methodology/approach
The study uses an explanatory cross-sectional survey design.
Findings
Results reveal that servant leadership behaviour significantly explains changes in commitment of medical-KWs. Results further establish that perceived fairness – a key psychological factor – significantly explains how servant leadership enhances the commitment of medical-KWs.
Research limitations/implications
Data used were sourced from medical-KWs in selected public hospitals only. Thus results may differ among medical-KWs in private hospitals, yet they have also championed the fight against COVID-19. Never the less these results provide a direction of thought to guide practice and other related studies on a wider-scale.
Practical implications
In their quest to eradicate COVID-19 and its negative effects on social-economic development, nations have to actively promote servant leadership behaviour in the hospitals (by establishing quality relationships, credibility and efficient processes for delivering the shared goal) as mechanisms for sustaining the continued commitment of medical-KWs towards fighting the pandemic.
Originality/value
Results portray events from an economy that has registered successes in combating pandemics like Ebola and currently COVID-19 and thus offer a plausible benchmark for practice.