European Journal of Business and Management Research
The nexus between human resource management practices and workplace deviant behaviour in manufact... more The nexus between human resource management practices and workplace deviant behaviour in manufacturing companies in Rivers State, Nigeria, was investigated in this study. The sample was conducted in a cross-sectional manner. This study looked at 470 staff from six manufacturing companies. In order to minimize bias in sample case collection, this analysis utilized a simple random sampling method. The primary data was collected using a questionnaire that was provided to each respondent. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the results. According to the findings, human resources management practices (compensation and employee relations) had a negative significant relationship with both interpersonal and organizational deviant behaviour, with the exception of compensation and interpersonal deviance, which had no significant relationship. It was determined that an efficient human resource management practice in terms of compensation and employee relations i...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This work examined the nexus amongst impression management (IM) and organizational citizenship be... more This work examined the nexus amongst impression management (IM) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of hotels in Rivers state, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, covering a population of 341 workers (341) from twenty hotels. The study drew a sample size of 181 workers. The study employed a basic random sampling method. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed for data collection. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the hypotheses. According to the studies, self-promotion and exemplification have a strong correlation with indicators of corporate citizenship behavior. Thus, the study concluded that a well-executed impression management approach in the form of self-promotion and exemplification in hotels would aid in the enhancement of an employee’s altruistic and attentive conduct. The study suggested, among other, that hotel workers employ a diplomatic self-promotion technique of impression management in order to increase t...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank emplo... more This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank employees in Rivers State-Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey which is a type of quasi-experimental design was used because the variables were not within the researchers’ control. A total population of three hundred and ten (310) employees from 17 selected deposit money banks was covered in this work. A total sample size of 169 employees used as the population. The simple random sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire was utilized to obtain necessary data from respondents. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used for testing the bivariate hypotheses. The findings revealed that task-oriented behaviour of supervisor had a positive significant relationship with physiological and psychological stress. Also, person oriented behaviour had a negative significant relationship with employee stress. Thus, the study concluded that task oriented and person oriented behaviour of sup...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank emplo... more This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank employees in Rivers State-Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey which is a type of quasi-experimental design was used because the variables were not within the researchers’ control. A total population of three hundred and ten (310) employees from 17 selected deposit money banks was covered in this work. A total sample size of 169 employees used as the population. The simple random sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire was utilized to obtain necessary data from respondents. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used for testing the bivariate hypotheses. The findings revealed that task-oriented behaviour of supervisor had a positive significant relationship with physiological and psychological stress. Also, person oriented behaviour had a negative significant relationship with employee stress. Thus, the study concluded that task oriented and person oriented behaviour of sup...
African Journal of Business and Economic Development, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational learning cap... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational learning capability and firm innovativeness of manufacturing firms in the south-south of Nigeria. The study offers an empirical assessment of the relationship as based on its model – 4 null hypothetical statements are put forward. The research design adopted was the cross-sectional survey and data for this study was generated from managers and key personnel of the target organizations using structured questionnaire. The study adopted the Spearman’s rank order correlation in its assessment for the bivariate correlations between dimensions of organizational learning capability (managerial commitment and system orientation) and measures of firm innovativeness (propensity to create new products and propensity to create new processes). The findings reveal significant relationships between dimensions of organizational learning capability and the measures of firm innovativeness. In conclusion, it was state...
International Journal of Business Management and Economic Review, 2021
The study examined the relationship between performance management and project success in propert... more The study examined the relationship between performance management and project success in property companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey a type of quasi-experimental research design was employed. Two hundred and thirty-nine managers and supervisors from twenty property companies were covered and a sample size of one hundred and forty-eight employees were drawn from the population. copies of questionnaires were administered to respondents and the simple random sampling technique was utilized. However, only 110 copies of retrieved questionnaires were properly filled and used. Data was analyzed using Spearman’s Rank Order correlation coefficient. The result showed positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of performance management (planning performance and rewarding performance) and the measures of project success (project timeliness and project quality). Hence, it was concluded property companies’ capacity to properly plan and rewa...
International Journal of Business Management and Economic Review, 2021
This study empirically examined the relationship between work engagement and individual work perf... more This study empirically examined the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance of microfinance banks in Rivers State. The population of the study consist of employees of 10 microfinance banks in Rivers State; the study adopted a simple random sampling method to administer 150 copies of questionnaire to employees. After data collation and examination, 144 copies were found usable for analysis and were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient from which the formulated hypotheses were tested. The outcome of the analysis shows that the dedication has more correlation with adaptive performance than other constructs under study. The study concludes that work engagement is positively correlated with on the degree of individual work performance among microfinance banks in Rivers State, Nigeria. More so, the study recommended that managers of microfinance banks should provide more job resources such as travel and health allowances to boost emplo...
The study investigated the relationship between employee separation and work morale in non-unioni... more The study investigated the relationship between employee separation and work morale in non-unionized money deposit banks in Nigeria. The adopted research design is the cross-sectional survey. one hundred and thirty three (133) participants from ten (10) money deposit banks in Port Harcourt was covered. However, one hundred and thirty (130) questionnaires were collected and utilized for data analysis. The simple random sampling techniques was used in the selection of sample items to avoid bias. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were statistically tested using the Spearman's Rank Order Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) statistical software version 20. The results of this study revealed that there is a correlation between resignation, retirement, retrenchment and discharge with work morale. Based on the findings, the study recommended that, Management should endeavour to effectively s...
The International Journal of Business & Management, 2021
Porter (1985) was the first to use the term "competitive advantage" in the strategy discipline's ... more Porter (1985) was the first to use the term "competitive advantage" in the strategy discipline's vocabulary. Another of the strategy "buzzwords" that confuse academics, business executives, and consultants is the term "competitive advantage."(Markides& Wang, 2000). Organizations must compete in a diverse and demanding market world in the twenty-first century, which is being changed by many factors such as globalization, periodic and unpredictable shifts, and the growing use of information technology(Denisi, Hitt&Jacckson, 2003). As a result, gaining a strategic edge is a top priority for senior executives in today's competitive and slow-growth markets. For the past two decades, academics and practitioners have been concerned about the origins of competitive advantage(
This study investigated the relationship between workplace ethics and employee commitment in oil ... more This study investigated the relationship between workplace ethics and employee commitment in oil servicing firms in Nigeria. Workplace ethics was the study predictor variable which was operationalized into three dimensions namely: trustworthiness, integrity and civility. The criterion variable was employee commitment with measures as affective and continuance commitments. We adopted the cross sectional design technique and data collected was further analyzed using the spearman’s ranked order correlation coefficient. The population of the study was made up of all the oil servicing companies in Port Harcourt and the population size was 342 employees of 4 selected Oil servicing firms. The sample size of 184 was derived. A total of 160 questionnaire were retrieved out of which 150 valid questionnaire were used for the analysis, representing 82 percent. The results indicated that a significant association exists between civility, trustworthiness, integrity and measures of employee commit...
Compensation and employee loyalty has been an issue of great concern in organizations over the ye... more Compensation and employee loyalty has been an issue of great concern in organizations over the years. This problem prevails in the contemporary society especially in Nigeria. It therefore becomes imperative to investigate and determine the influence of compensation on employee loyalty. The research was a survey of eight private hospitals that were purposively selected in Port Harcourt. To carry out this research, relevant literature was reviewed to confirm the existence of the problem. The components of the independent and dependent variables were examined. Questionnaire was the major instrument that was used to collect data for the study. The study sample size was determined using Taro Yamen’s formula and Spearman Rank Order correlation coefficient was used to analyse the data. It was found that there is significant positive relationship between compensation and employee loyalty. It was recommended among others that regular payment of employees salary will impact positively on th...
This work strive to empirically test the correlation between organizational reward system as it r... more This work strive to empirically test the correlation between organizational reward system as it relate to salary, promotion, fridge benefit and incentives on employee satisfaction of insurance companies in Port Harcourt Nigeria. The accessible population was 223 employees of ten (10) firms which was selected through systematic sampling techniques from the insurance industry in Rivers state. The study adopted the cross section research design. The Taro Yamene’s formula was applied to determine the sample size; aggregate of 147 employees was derived. Using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient, we discovered that significant-relationship exists between organizational reward system and employee satisfaction. From the findings, it was recommended that Management of insurance firms should ensure that their salaries are encouraging in comparison with what is obtainable in the industry so as to achieve employee satisfaction. Thereafter, contribution to knowledge and suggestion fo...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between green HRM practices and employee... more The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between green HRM practices and employee behaviour namely employee engagement in ready-made garment (RMG) industry, Bangladesh, an under-researched area. Further, this paper also proposes the research framework under the tenet of resource-based view (RBV) theory by identifying research gaps. The framework is proposed for the direct influence of green HRM factors on employees' workplace behaviour. Self-administered questionnaire is used to collect the data from non-managerial employees working in RMG sector of Bangladesh. This study uses partial least squares method to analyse the data. Results of this study show that 'green employee participation' and 'green training and development' are statistically significant to employee engagement. These results suggests that green HRM practices are important resources to make the employees engage towards their jobs which reflects the implication of RBV to examine green HRM-employee engagement relationship.
This study examines workforce diversity and organizational survival hospitals in Port Harcourt, R... more This study examines workforce diversity and organizational survival hospitals in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria. The aim of this study is to exploit the relationship between Workforce Diversity and Organizational Survival of Private hospitals in Port Harcourt. The cross-sectional survey of quasi-experimental design was adopted for this study. Spearman's Rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the three null hypotheses at 0.0 5% level of significance. The study shows that a significant relationship that exist among dimensions and measures of the predictor variables and the criterion variables respectively, It also revealed that organizational structure as a moderating variable had significant effect on the relationships that exist between the predictor and criterion variable. It was recommended that; Private hospitals management should make policies that will ensure the orientation of surface level diversity as it would stimulate adaptability of the employees in changing business environment ,Private hospitals management disposition should be on deep level diversity as this will enhance adaptability in the organization, Private hospitals management should adopt a structure that defines how jobs are formally divided, grouped and coordinated, and it must be considered.
European Journal of Business and Management Research
The nexus between human resource management practices and workplace deviant behaviour in manufact... more The nexus between human resource management practices and workplace deviant behaviour in manufacturing companies in Rivers State, Nigeria, was investigated in this study. The sample was conducted in a cross-sectional manner. This study looked at 470 staff from six manufacturing companies. In order to minimize bias in sample case collection, this analysis utilized a simple random sampling method. The primary data was collected using a questionnaire that was provided to each respondent. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the results. According to the findings, human resources management practices (compensation and employee relations) had a negative significant relationship with both interpersonal and organizational deviant behaviour, with the exception of compensation and interpersonal deviance, which had no significant relationship. It was determined that an efficient human resource management practice in terms of compensation and employee relations i...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This work examined the nexus amongst impression management (IM) and organizational citizenship be... more This work examined the nexus amongst impression management (IM) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of hotels in Rivers state, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, covering a population of 341 workers (341) from twenty hotels. The study drew a sample size of 181 workers. The study employed a basic random sampling method. Copies of the questionnaire were distributed for data collection. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the hypotheses. According to the studies, self-promotion and exemplification have a strong correlation with indicators of corporate citizenship behavior. Thus, the study concluded that a well-executed impression management approach in the form of self-promotion and exemplification in hotels would aid in the enhancement of an employee’s altruistic and attentive conduct. The study suggested, among other, that hotel workers employ a diplomatic self-promotion technique of impression management in order to increase t...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank emplo... more This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank employees in Rivers State-Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey which is a type of quasi-experimental design was used because the variables were not within the researchers’ control. A total population of three hundred and ten (310) employees from 17 selected deposit money banks was covered in this work. A total sample size of 169 employees used as the population. The simple random sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire was utilized to obtain necessary data from respondents. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used for testing the bivariate hypotheses. The findings revealed that task-oriented behaviour of supervisor had a positive significant relationship with physiological and psychological stress. Also, person oriented behaviour had a negative significant relationship with employee stress. Thus, the study concluded that task oriented and person oriented behaviour of sup...
European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2022
This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank emplo... more This study examined the relationship between supervisor behaviour and job stress among bank employees in Rivers State-Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey which is a type of quasi-experimental design was used because the variables were not within the researchers’ control. A total population of three hundred and ten (310) employees from 17 selected deposit money banks was covered in this work. A total sample size of 169 employees used as the population. The simple random sampling technique was employed. Questionnaire was utilized to obtain necessary data from respondents. The spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used for testing the bivariate hypotheses. The findings revealed that task-oriented behaviour of supervisor had a positive significant relationship with physiological and psychological stress. Also, person oriented behaviour had a negative significant relationship with employee stress. Thus, the study concluded that task oriented and person oriented behaviour of sup...
African Journal of Business and Economic Development, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational learning cap... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Organizational learning capability and firm innovativeness of manufacturing firms in the south-south of Nigeria. The study offers an empirical assessment of the relationship as based on its model – 4 null hypothetical statements are put forward. The research design adopted was the cross-sectional survey and data for this study was generated from managers and key personnel of the target organizations using structured questionnaire. The study adopted the Spearman’s rank order correlation in its assessment for the bivariate correlations between dimensions of organizational learning capability (managerial commitment and system orientation) and measures of firm innovativeness (propensity to create new products and propensity to create new processes). The findings reveal significant relationships between dimensions of organizational learning capability and the measures of firm innovativeness. In conclusion, it was state...
International Journal of Business Management and Economic Review, 2021
The study examined the relationship between performance management and project success in propert... more The study examined the relationship between performance management and project success in property companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey a type of quasi-experimental research design was employed. Two hundred and thirty-nine managers and supervisors from twenty property companies were covered and a sample size of one hundred and forty-eight employees were drawn from the population. copies of questionnaires were administered to respondents and the simple random sampling technique was utilized. However, only 110 copies of retrieved questionnaires were properly filled and used. Data was analyzed using Spearman’s Rank Order correlation coefficient. The result showed positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of performance management (planning performance and rewarding performance) and the measures of project success (project timeliness and project quality). Hence, it was concluded property companies’ capacity to properly plan and rewa...
International Journal of Business Management and Economic Review, 2021
This study empirically examined the relationship between work engagement and individual work perf... more This study empirically examined the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance of microfinance banks in Rivers State. The population of the study consist of employees of 10 microfinance banks in Rivers State; the study adopted a simple random sampling method to administer 150 copies of questionnaire to employees. After data collation and examination, 144 copies were found usable for analysis and were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient from which the formulated hypotheses were tested. The outcome of the analysis shows that the dedication has more correlation with adaptive performance than other constructs under study. The study concludes that work engagement is positively correlated with on the degree of individual work performance among microfinance banks in Rivers State, Nigeria. More so, the study recommended that managers of microfinance banks should provide more job resources such as travel and health allowances to boost emplo...
The study investigated the relationship between employee separation and work morale in non-unioni... more The study investigated the relationship between employee separation and work morale in non-unionized money deposit banks in Nigeria. The adopted research design is the cross-sectional survey. one hundred and thirty three (133) participants from ten (10) money deposit banks in Port Harcourt was covered. However, one hundred and thirty (130) questionnaires were collected and utilized for data analysis. The simple random sampling techniques was used in the selection of sample items to avoid bias. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were statistically tested using the Spearman's Rank Order Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) statistical software version 20. The results of this study revealed that there is a correlation between resignation, retirement, retrenchment and discharge with work morale. Based on the findings, the study recommended that, Management should endeavour to effectively s...
The International Journal of Business & Management, 2021
Porter (1985) was the first to use the term "competitive advantage" in the strategy discipline's ... more Porter (1985) was the first to use the term "competitive advantage" in the strategy discipline's vocabulary. Another of the strategy "buzzwords" that confuse academics, business executives, and consultants is the term "competitive advantage."(Markides& Wang, 2000). Organizations must compete in a diverse and demanding market world in the twenty-first century, which is being changed by many factors such as globalization, periodic and unpredictable shifts, and the growing use of information technology(Denisi, Hitt&Jacckson, 2003). As a result, gaining a strategic edge is a top priority for senior executives in today's competitive and slow-growth markets. For the past two decades, academics and practitioners have been concerned about the origins of competitive advantage(
This study investigated the relationship between workplace ethics and employee commitment in oil ... more This study investigated the relationship between workplace ethics and employee commitment in oil servicing firms in Nigeria. Workplace ethics was the study predictor variable which was operationalized into three dimensions namely: trustworthiness, integrity and civility. The criterion variable was employee commitment with measures as affective and continuance commitments. We adopted the cross sectional design technique and data collected was further analyzed using the spearman’s ranked order correlation coefficient. The population of the study was made up of all the oil servicing companies in Port Harcourt and the population size was 342 employees of 4 selected Oil servicing firms. The sample size of 184 was derived. A total of 160 questionnaire were retrieved out of which 150 valid questionnaire were used for the analysis, representing 82 percent. The results indicated that a significant association exists between civility, trustworthiness, integrity and measures of employee commit...
Compensation and employee loyalty has been an issue of great concern in organizations over the ye... more Compensation and employee loyalty has been an issue of great concern in organizations over the years. This problem prevails in the contemporary society especially in Nigeria. It therefore becomes imperative to investigate and determine the influence of compensation on employee loyalty. The research was a survey of eight private hospitals that were purposively selected in Port Harcourt. To carry out this research, relevant literature was reviewed to confirm the existence of the problem. The components of the independent and dependent variables were examined. Questionnaire was the major instrument that was used to collect data for the study. The study sample size was determined using Taro Yamen’s formula and Spearman Rank Order correlation coefficient was used to analyse the data. It was found that there is significant positive relationship between compensation and employee loyalty. It was recommended among others that regular payment of employees salary will impact positively on th...
This work strive to empirically test the correlation between organizational reward system as it r... more This work strive to empirically test the correlation between organizational reward system as it relate to salary, promotion, fridge benefit and incentives on employee satisfaction of insurance companies in Port Harcourt Nigeria. The accessible population was 223 employees of ten (10) firms which was selected through systematic sampling techniques from the insurance industry in Rivers state. The study adopted the cross section research design. The Taro Yamene’s formula was applied to determine the sample size; aggregate of 147 employees was derived. Using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient, we discovered that significant-relationship exists between organizational reward system and employee satisfaction. From the findings, it was recommended that Management of insurance firms should ensure that their salaries are encouraging in comparison with what is obtainable in the industry so as to achieve employee satisfaction. Thereafter, contribution to knowledge and suggestion fo...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between green HRM practices and employee... more The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between green HRM practices and employee behaviour namely employee engagement in ready-made garment (RMG) industry, Bangladesh, an under-researched area. Further, this paper also proposes the research framework under the tenet of resource-based view (RBV) theory by identifying research gaps. The framework is proposed for the direct influence of green HRM factors on employees' workplace behaviour. Self-administered questionnaire is used to collect the data from non-managerial employees working in RMG sector of Bangladesh. This study uses partial least squares method to analyse the data. Results of this study show that 'green employee participation' and 'green training and development' are statistically significant to employee engagement. These results suggests that green HRM practices are important resources to make the employees engage towards their jobs which reflects the implication of RBV to examine green HRM-employee engagement relationship.
This study examines workforce diversity and organizational survival hospitals in Port Harcourt, R... more This study examines workforce diversity and organizational survival hospitals in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria. The aim of this study is to exploit the relationship between Workforce Diversity and Organizational Survival of Private hospitals in Port Harcourt. The cross-sectional survey of quasi-experimental design was adopted for this study. Spearman's Rank order correlation coefficient was used to analyze the three null hypotheses at 0.0 5% level of significance. The study shows that a significant relationship that exist among dimensions and measures of the predictor variables and the criterion variables respectively, It also revealed that organizational structure as a moderating variable had significant effect on the relationships that exist between the predictor and criterion variable. It was recommended that; Private hospitals management should make policies that will ensure the orientation of surface level diversity as it would stimulate adaptability of the employees in changing business environment ,Private hospitals management disposition should be on deep level diversity as this will enhance adaptability in the organization, Private hospitals management should adopt a structure that defines how jobs are formally divided, grouped and coordinated, and it must be considered.
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