Management Factors Affecting Lecturers Performance: A Systematic Review and Synthesis for Future Research

This paper offered a systematic review of literature on the empirical studies on managerial factors affecting university lecturers’ performance. In line with that, the paper reviewed empirical studies conducted on African universities. Specifically, the included papers referenced how at least one managerial factor influences lecturers’ job performance in an African university. Employing systematic review methodology, we selected 92 English empirical articles on the subject as the sampled data. Results revealed that training, remuneration and performance management system are the most important predictors of job performance among lecturers in African public universities. As such, this paper provides future researchers a roadmap on managerial factors research. For practitioners, the study offers a guideline for successful use of managerial factors and how they affect lecturers’ performance in public university setting.