ADAMU Ahmed Girei
Department of Business Administration and Management,
Federal Polytechnic Mubi Adamawa State
Correspondent Author: 08032278507, adamugirei@yahoo.com
HAUWA Adamu Duhu
Department of Business Administration and Management, Federal Polytechnic Mubi
Adamawa State
RAFIATU Ahmad Digil
Department Of Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Federal Polytechnic Mubi Adamawa State
Abstract
In today’s dynamic, competitive and global challenging business environment improving employee’s
commitment is very fundamental for the survival and growth of any schools. Although research supports
the association between managerial support and employee commitment, the effect in private secondary
schools in this relation is less understood. This study examined the influence of managerial support on
employee’s commitment in selected Private Secondary Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. This study
adopts the use of explanatory survey design with a population of 379 employees among which a sample
size of 219 staff were drawn using convenient sampling method. Simple linear regression using SmartPls
4 was employed for the purpose of data analysis. Results shows that there was a stronger positive
relationship between managerial support and affective commitment, continuance commitment and
normative commitment. This study contributes to managerial support literature. Building on this study
results, future direction for managerial support research and how the results can imply practice in terms of
Supporting employees was discussed. Practically, the findings may be of help to the management of
private school proprietors and also the federal ministry of education, may find this study useful by giving
them an empirically tested findings on the relationship between managerial support and employees
commitment for improve performance. It is recommended that school management should train the
employees through (seminar and workshops) to become better aware of the characteristics and behaviors
of managerial support and nature of commitment to work.
Keywords: Managerial support, employee commitment, affective commitment, continuance
commitment and normative commitment.