ACADEMICS PERFORMANCE IN MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
Authors : Rahman HASHİM, Rahimah Hp SHAWKATALY
Pages : 261-264
Doi:10.17261/Pressacademia.2017.542
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Publication Date : 2017-06-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The quality of universities normally depends on their exelence and performance of academicians. Academicians normally teach efficiently besides giving full commitment to their respective institution. Academics are requested to perform better by fulfilling a series of requirements by the universities. For instance, if academics are not satisfied, they may not be committed to deliver the best. In addition, there is a possibility that their perfprmance may not achieve the target. These research aims to determine academics performance, specifically the academicians in Malaysian Public Universities, since the past few years, the rapid growth in number of universities in Malaysia has driven management to set a more ambitisious gole. Academics are requested to have a better performance by fulfilling a series of requirements such as actively involved in journal publishing. This is in-line with Malaysia quest that is to be a leading education hub in the Asia region. However, it has been established that academics remain committed to their chosen vocation and continuously demonstrate commitment to their students despite undertaking increasing workloads, administrative duties and conducting researches. The significance of this study is to contribute benefits to various parties whether the university, public universities and the State. Results from the study are expected to contribute towards the development of knowledge, especially in the feld of human resources development in order to enhance the commitment of the academic staff at public universities nationwide. The findings of this study could also assist public universities in gaming loyalty among academics who then contribute to obtaining a high-class standard of education in the Asia Pasific Region.Keywords : Job performance, academics, commitment