The Academician’s commitment inthe Higher Education Institutions of the Developing Countries like Pakistan: Its Perspectives

Abstract

Presently, the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are facing with a core issue of organizational commitment (OC) among the academicians. It is quite embarrassing for the institutional high ups when the faculty members, due to low commitment level, leave the institutions thus casting a huge financial and academic burden. In the HEIs, the OC holds a prime importance to maintain academic and administrative consistency. In many respect, the longer stay of the academicians in an institution manifests his/her commitment to the institution. In the contemporary scenario, the phenomenon of OC is directly related with the institutional credibility as the competition at every level is high enough. In the developing countries, due to theirweak economies, the HEIs cannot afford to hire the faculty on some high packages and other benefits. Resultantly, the faculty members start losing his/her commitment and look for certain other opportunities more lucrative in many respects. In Pakistan, the HEIs are facing an acute problem of lack of commitment level among the academicians due to various socio-economic reasons.

Keywords: Organizational commitment (Affective, Continuance, Normative), HEIs, Pakistan