Strategic Management Practices And Their Impact On Organizational Commitment Of Academic Staff In North Cluster Public Universities Ncpus Of Ethiopia

Abstract

Ethiopia s higher education institutions are encountering a plethora of challenges. The benefits of newlinestrategic management to institutions have been documented. In recent years, Ethiopian public newlineuniversities have adopted strategic management (SM) approaches. However, the way SM newlinepractices are carried out determines success or failure. This study is aimed to assess the SM newlinepractices and their impact on the organizational commitment of academic staff at North Cluster newlinePublic Universities (NCPUs) of Ethiopia. Organizational success demands both SM practices and newlineorganizational commitment (OC). Conducting research on these topics in the setting of public newlinehigher education institutions in developing nations like Ethiopia has paramount significance. newlineTo gain a better understanding of strategic management practices and their challenges, a mixed newlinemethods research design was adopted. A cross-sectional survey employing a semi-structured fivepoint Likert scale was used to gather quantitative data. It was distributed to 390 randomly newlineselected participants from the targeted universities, comprising faculties and administrators. newlineAdministrators were interviewed using a semi-structured personal interview method to gather newlinequalitative data. By employing the SPSS version 25 quantitative data were analyzed. Descriptive newlinestatistics and as well as inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation and multiple linear newlineregression were computed. newlineTheories like POS, RBV, and SET were utilized to describe and develop the hypothesis that newlinedemonstrates the potential relationship between SM practices and OC as well as its components. newlineThe hypothesized causal relationship between SM practices and OC and its components was newlinetested using multiple linear regression analysis. newlineQuantitative and qualitative results reveal that both administrators and faculties were supportive newlineof SM adoption and deployment. Further, the results demonstrate the SM practices in place. newlineHowever, strategy implementation and strategy evaluation were received less attention compared newlineto env