The Relationship between Gender Diversity and Academic Staff Productivity in Private Chartered Universities in Central Uganda

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This paper presents part of the study carried out in Central Uganda among the chartered private universities. It investigated, among other things, the influence of gender diversity on academic staff productivity. The study used a mixed research paradigm, with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population in this study was 1109 academic staff from the six (6) chartered private universities in Central, Uganda. A sample of 385 academic staff was selected to fill the questionnaires. In addition, 12 teaching staff were subjected to oral interviews. The response rate of the questionnaires was 93%. The data were analysed using independent samples’t-test. The findings were that gender diversity not statistically significantly impact on productivity of academic staff, considering overall productivity (t = 0.6520; p = 0.515). It was concluded that gender diversity does not significantly affect academic staff productivity, when productivity is aggregated. But when it (productivity) is analysed in a disaggregated format, gender diversity significantly affects research productivity, with the male staff being more productive as compared to females. Gender as a natural characteristic does not determine more productive and the less productive academic staff in private universities

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