Understanding Academic Loyalty And Organizational Immunity In Higher Education Institutions: A Faculty Perspective

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of the organizational immunity system in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University from the point of view of its faculty members. Study used descriptive approach, (100) faculty members from various departments of the college responded during the first semester 2023. a questionnaire consisting of two axes were use, the first included (organizational immunity) with its three dimensions, namely organizational learning, organizational memory, and organizational genes, and the second axis (organizational loyalty) with its three dimensions, namely emotional organizational loyalty, continuous organizational loyalty, and normative organizational loyalty. The coefficient of stability of the tool Cronbach alpha for the tool (0.96). Results showed that there is a strong relationship between organizational immunity and organizational loyalty and recommended maintaining the resulting gains the positive results.