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    Factors influencing accounting research output in South Africa's universities of technology
    (Informa UK Limited, 2022-12-31) Mbambo, Mzwandile; Olarewaju, Odunayo; Msomi, Thabiso Sthembiso
    This study examines factors influencing accounting research output in universities of technology (UoTs) in South Africa by employing descriptive statistics. The study applied a quantitative research method and primary data was used to compile information. The data was collected by using a 4 Likert scale closed-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to one hundred accounting academics across the six UoTs in South Africa. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as multivariate regression was used to analyse the data. The findings show that research funding (t = 3.125, p < 0.002, β = 0.277) and research policies (t = 4.740, p < 0.000, β = 0.453) positively and significantly affect research output while the enabling environment was negative and insignificant (t = −0.613, p > 0.5, β = −0.055). Based on the inverse effect of the enabling environment on accounting research output, it was recommended that the environment influencing research activities needs to be strengthened to promote research culture among accounting academics in UoTs. More so, more institutional support for research is needed such as allocating research grants/funds to academic staff and managing workload to give room to research activities.
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    Work-life balance, psychological well-being and factors contributing to academics’ productivity and turn-over intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic
    (2022-12-06) Shange, Ellen Mzwakhe; Nyide, Celani John
    Work-life balance is one of the most important criteria for staff satisfaction in any institution. Achieving a good work-life balance is integral to ensuring that your institution is an employer of choice which consequently will ensure that the best employees will be attracted. The same can be said of academia, where having a well-balanced work-life can contribute to attracting, developing, and retaining suitably qualified academics. The aim of this study was to examine the work-life balance and psychological well-being of academics at a selected University of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The contribution of this study is to establish factors that influence the productivity as well as the turn-over intentions of academics during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative approach was adopted with a structured questionnaire comprising a 5-point Likert Scale was employed to collect the data. The target population consisted of 175 academics of a selected University of Technology in KwaZulu-Natal. A census sampling method was employed for the study because the population size was small, and every member of the population had an equal chance of being selected. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) techniques were employed in the study to establish the predictive power and reliability of the developed model. The data obtained from the questionnaire was then analysed using AMOS 27 statistical software. The results from the data revealed that 89% of academics still work long hours and have less time to spend with their families and loved ones. This is not ideal for achieving a healthy worklife balance. The results also confirmed that a poor work-life balance influences the productivity of academics negatively, causing poor psychological well-being for them. The literature also supported the fact that without a well-balanced work-life, the productivity will decrease, and turnover intentions will increase for academics. The results obtained from the data also indicated that 20% of the academics in the researched university are still acquiring their minimum qualification required to be in the academia, this is likely to be mirrored within other similar institutions in South Africa.
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    A comparison of University academics job factors : satisfaction and dissatisfaction
    (IFRD, 2014-06) Basak, Sujit Kumar
    The aim of this paper is to compare the university academics job satisfaction factors and job dissatisfaction factors. This aim is achieved by identifying the factors that affect academics job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. The main results of this study were concluded by comparing the satisfaction factors and dissatisfaction factors for university academics from the existing literature. The novelty of this study is the use of a significant body of the existing literature has focused on the factors affecting university academics in terms of job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction to get the aim. The findings would help to know for university academic factors affect for satisfaction and dissatisfaction.