Oyedele, SamuelOyedele, Samuel2019-10-182019-10-1820151520-55091520-5509http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2774The civil services of any country stand out as the major machinery of government for the formulation and implementation of public policies. The civil servants play a major role in the performance of these government responsibilities. This is because they constitute the workforce of the civil services at the federal and state levels. The effective management of these servants of the state known as personnel management becomes more important today for sustainable development of the society. This has however been greatly affected by certain ecological factors one of which is the economic factor. The effect of the sustainability of development and the impact of this economic factor on effective personnel management is the thesis of this paper. The paper holds the view that economic factor constitute a barrier to effective personnel management in the Nigerian civil services today.enEconomic FactorPersonnel ManagementCivil ServicePersonnelSalaryFinancial ManagementArticle