EFFECT OF JOB ENRICHMENT STRATEGIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES IN KAMWIRE HOLDINGS ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2023-12
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Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
Abstract
The complexities of modern business operations demand a clear departure from the traditional ideological orientation of prioritizing the use of monetary
rewards as the most cherished motivational tool to obtain workers concurrence and higher performance but rather a more robust work-related employee performance oriented strategies one of which is job enrichment. This is important to avert job monotony, boredom and all forms of operationally induced workplace dissatisfaction that is associated with highly bureaucratic and over-controlled authority structure. Therefore, this study sought to examine the effect of job enrichment strategies on employee performance with reference to KAMWIRE holdings Ilorin. Other specific objectives of the study were to: examine the effect of job enrichment strategies on employee engagement; and (ii) to determine the effect of job enrichment strategies on employee quality of work. The population of the study is 1,621 out of which 318 respondents were given questionnaire through a multi stage selection technique. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) were adopted for analysis. The results showed that job enrichment strategies have positive and significant effect on employee engagement as well as quality of work in the organisation studied. In conclusion, job enrichment strategies have positive and significant effect on employee engagement as well as quality of work. It was recommended that organizations should improve on the latitude of opera rational freedom of their employees as well as enhance their skill variety through inter and intra departmental postings to eliminate operational and workplace boredom for improved employee and organisational performance.
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Job enrichment, Employee engagement, Equality of work, Autonomy, Skill variety
Citation
Amosa, J. R., Salman, A., Suleiman, A. A. & Abogunrin, A. P. (2023). Effect of Job Enrichment Strategies on the Performance of Employees in Kamwire Holdings Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Journal of Resources & Economic Development, 6,(3): 82-99, Published by Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.