Career Plateau and Employee Performance Among Academic Staff of University Of Nigeria Enugu Campus Nigeria

Abstract

The study focuses on the effect of Career Plateau on Employee Performance Among Academic Staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus Nigeria, The specific objectives are to determine the effect of Content Career Plateau on the performance of the academic staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, ascertain the effect of Structural career plateau on employee performance of the academic staff of the university of Nigeria Enugu Campus and determine the effect of personal Career Plateau on employee performance of the academic staff of the university of Nigeria Enugu Campus. The study had a population size of 1482 which are academic staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu campus in Nigeria. Taro Yamane was used to determine the sample size from which a sample size of 315 was derived. The Instruments used for data collection were questionnaires and interviews. A total of 315 copies of the questionnaire were distributed while 305 copies were returned and 10 were not returned. The Survey research design was adopted for the study. Three hypotheses were tested using multiple regression statistical tools. The findings indicated Content Career Plateau negatively affects the employee performance of the academic staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus. Structural career plateau negatively affects employee performance of the academic staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus., Personal Career Plateau negatively affect employee performance of the academic staff of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus. The study concluded that Career plateauing is an existential phenomenon in the workplace of today. The study recommended that higher institutions should adopt a flexible structure that will not hinder the career progression of staff, at the same time will allow them to be committed to their job