A Way to Prevent Illegal Interferences in the Hiring Process for Lecturers in Afghan Universities: Applying the Computer-Based Examination Method
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https://doi.org/10.58425/ajlps.v2i1.138Keywords:
Afghan Universities, hiring process, lecturers, illegal interferencesAbstract
Aim: Illegal interferences in the recruitment process not only devastate the process but it also results to recruit incapable persons for organization. The aim of this research study is to highlight illegal interferences in the process for hiring lecturers in Afghan universities and to find a way for its prevention.
Methods: A quantitative and descriptive research was adopted in this study. The data was gathered from public and private sectors in high education institutions, and from official ministries’ web-sites. Moreover, the literature portion of this research was completed in the library, using data and information from reliable sources such as books, journal articles, reports from valuable international and national institutions, and online dictionaries. The information about corruption, and about the roots of corruption was collected in the field through a comprehensive questionnaire of fourteen multiple choice questions and one short answer question.
Results: The main findings show the high level of illegal interferences in the process for hiring lecturers in Afghan universities. Bribery, favoritism, political, and ethnic-linguistic, and religious-ideological interferences are the main types of illegal interferences in the process.
Conclusion: The study concludes that the current manual-paper-based examination method is prone for such illegal interferences.
Recommendation: The study recommend the Afghanistan Ministry of Higher Education to centralize the lecturers’ recruitment process and apply the computer-based examination as a way to prevent such illegal interferences.
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