The study was narrowly delimited, based on only one of the eight projects constituting the turnaround strategy, and also focused on a few employees on only one site of a six-site campus. The use of only interviews and documents as data collection techniques was another limiting factor, and only a few academic employees were interviewed.
A similar study using mixed methods and a combination of tools e.g. interviews combined with questionnaires could yield more extensive results. It is also recommended that this research on employee readiness be extended to other categories of employees, including senior staff, support staff working in academic departments, and staff on other campus sites.
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