Effects of Demographic Factors on Employees Intention to Leave in Selected Private Universities in Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper investigated effects of demographic factors on employees' intention to leave among full-time academic staff of selected private universities in Southwest Nigeria. As a descriptive survey, the study population comprised 21 private universities in Southwest Nigeria that have been in existence for at least six years and a population of 1,320 full-time academic staff members and 465 were selected for the study. Validated Questionnaire was used to collect data while reliability was measured using Cronbach's Alpha. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was found that six out of the seven demographic variables (age, marital status, length of service, education level, present academic rank present monthly income) have significant influence on the intention of employees to leave their universities (p<0.05). The finding shows that gender had no significant influence on the intention of employees to leave their universities (p>0.05). The results further implied that present academic rank had the most significant influence on the intention of employees to leave their present universities. Useful recommendations were made.