| dc.description.abstract | Academic staff development enhances job performance among PhD degree
holders in public universities in Kenya. However, it is noteworthy that at Maseno University
and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya's youngest, most recently
established universities, only an average of 38% of academic staff are PhD degree holders
indicating a skills, knowledge, and attitudinal gap hence a critical need for invigorated staff
development. In addition, there is a high lecturer: student ratio which is above the
Commission for Higher Education's recommendation of 1: 18 for social sciences and 1: 10
for pure sciences. There have also been incessant public complaints about poor job
performance evidenced in poor lecturer etiquette, low lesson attendance levels, relative high
failure rates among students and non-return of Continuous Assessment Tests. The … | en_US |
