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ORCID

Lovemore Chikazhe: 0000-0001-7030-3507

Charles Makanyeza: 0000-0003-1020-7665

Keywords

academic loyalty, academic quality, academic satisfaction, self-perceived job, performance, Zimbabwe

Abstract

Globally, there is increased customer mobility and competition within the higher education sector. As such, university management and administration practices should consider academic satisfaction, quality and loyalty as important factors to influence graduate job performance. The study was conducted to see if self-perceived job performance had a role in mediating the effect of academic satisfaction and perceived academic quality on academic loyalty. Data was collected from 714 respondents using a cross-sectional survey. The covariance-based structural equation modelling was used to test the hypotheses. According to the study results, self-perceived job performance partially mediates the eff ect of both academic satisfaction and academic quality on academic loyalty. The study fi ndings emphasise the importance of graduate quality and satisfaction in influencing loyalty. Thus, the higher education sector should take cognisance of self-perceived job performance as this also influences academic loyalty

First Page

37

Last Page

52

Page Count

15

DOI

10.7172/2449-6634.jmcbem.2022.2.3

Publisher

University of Warsaw

Publication Date

2022-12-21

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