Career stagnation, motivation and career stagnation among University Lecturers
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between career
optimism,motivation and career stagnation among lecturers of public universities in Uganda. The
intention of the study was to obtain the following objectives: To pinpoint the cause of career
stagnation among lecturers. To find out if there’s a significant relationship between career
optimism and career stagnation among university lecturers.
To find out if there’s a significant relationship between motivation and career stagnation among
university lecturers. A cross sectional survey design using quantitative approach was adopted
and data was collected from a sample of 100 lecturers from Bugema and Makerere University.
Data was collected from respondents using a self -administered questionnaire and through
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) data was analyzed. Descriptive statistics showed
that majority were male with 59.2% and the minority respondents were female with 39.6%.
Majority of the respondent lecturers were aged 40-49 years 37.8% and 56.0% of the respondent
lecturers were from Makerere University.
The results from correlation further showed that there was indeed a significant positive
relationship between career optimism and career stagnation, a significant positive relationship
between career optimism and motivation , lastly a significant positive relationship between
amotivation and career stagnation, extrinsic motivation and career stagnation however there was
a significant negative relationship between intrinsic motivation and career stagnation.
The research from this study provided several recommendations to employers and employees
that will contribute to the growth of the organization will contribute to organizational motivation
and reduce career stagnation.