Evaluation of Human Resource Management Practices and Job Performance of Non-Academic Staff of Private Universities

Abstract

Employee job performance is one of the primary motivators of thriving organizations. In a university 
system, non-academic staff’s roles in administrative activities cannot be overstated. However, nonacademic staff appear to be underperforming in the Nigerian university system, particularly at private 
universities. The emanating multiplier effects of this include: poor resource management, poor 
coordination of activities, underachieving university goals, and so on. This paper aims at critically 
reviewing existing literature on job performance, Employee Job Performance in the University 
System, Human Resource Management (HRM), Human Resource Management Practices (HRMP), 
Attracting, Selecting and Retention of Competent Personnel, Career Development, and Training and 
Development as they relate to human resource management practices on the job performance of nonacademic staff at private universities. The study, therefore, recommended that non-academic staff in 
private universities should be motivated to maintain high job performance. Also, private universities
owners or boards of council should ensure adequate human resource management practices in order 
to improve the job performance of non-academic staff in the institutions.