The Relationship between Separation and Performance Management System of Academics in Nigerian Universities: The Mediating Effect of e-HRM

Aims: To reveal how the relationship between employee separation and employee performance management could be reconciled via electronic human resource management (e-HRM)
Study Design: Multimode survey technique.
Place and Duration of Study: Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Bayero University Kano and Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto from January to July, 2013.
Methodology: The paper employs a quantitative research methodology using a systematic sampling technique. Three universities were sampled in Nigeria. The data collected was subjected to series of analyses using SPSS version 19 and Smart PLS.
Results: The results obtained revealed a mediation effect of e-HRM on the relationship between employee separation and employee performance management. This was confirmed through the t-value of 2.4540088 which is statistically significant at 0.05 level.
Conclusion: No organization would embrace employee separation but the fact that it is inevitable, making adequate preparation for it becomes even more a sine qua non.