The purpose of this study was to establish the critical factors that determine the retention of academic staff in Makerere and Kyambogo Universities. The study was prompted by the low retention of academic staff in the two universities. The study mainly followed the positivist research paradigm with limited qualitative approaches. It employed a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design. The study respondents were 298 academic and four administrative staff drawn from both universities.

The study findings revealed that marital status (F=0.288; p=0.750> 0.05), age (F=0.748; p=0.560> 0.05), experience (F=0.270; p=0.841> 0.05), education levels (F=0.528; p=0.663>0.05), and interpersonal relationships (B=-0.003; p=0.957>0.05) have statistically insignificant effect on the retention of academic staff in the two universities. However, gender (t=2.556; p=0.006< 0.05), terms of work (B=0.163; p=0.005<0.05) and work life balance (B=0.318; p=0.000<0.05) have a statistically significant effects on the retention of academic staff.

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Source: East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development (EASHESD), College of Education and External Studies (CEES)