The Mediating Effect of Job Security on Career Management Practices and Administrative Staff Job Satisfaction in Chartered Public Universities in Kenya
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- 1. Faculty of Commerce Faculty of Education and Community Studies Egerton University, Kenya
- 2. Faculty of Commerce Egerton University, Kenya
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The study sought to establish the mediating effect of job security on career management practices and administrative staff job satisfactionin chartered public universities in Kenya. The study adopted correlational survey research design. The target population comprised 2,355 administrative staff in chartered public universities in Kenya. Purposive sampling technique was used to select ten (10) fully-fledged chartered public universities. Proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 370 administrative staff. Data was collected using three questionnaires, namely; University Administrative Staff Questionnaires (UASQ).The questionnaires were pilot tested to ascertain its content, construct and face validity before use.Reliability of instruments was estimated using Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient for internal consistency. Reliability coefficient of 0.944 was yielded.Data was analyzed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics were used to describethe profile of respondents and study variables. Multiple regressions were used to test hypotheses at a significance level of alpha (α) equal to 0.05. The findings indicate that, job security partially mediate the relationship between career management practices and administrative staff job satisfaction. Further, the study demonstrated the effect of job security and this provides new insights on the role of job se curity in enhancing job satisfaction.It is recommended that chartered public universities to embrace job security and integrate with career management practices and human resource functionstoenhance job satisfaction
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