LABOUR MIGRATION DETERMINANTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRM PERFORMANCE: A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH

Despite the wide range of labour migration geographically and occupationally in different organizations, little attention has been paid to the influence it has on organizational performance; especially in the food producing industry. In the midst of other resources (land, labour, capital and industrialist) human capital is considered the most valuable in organization. This is because when human capital is applied to business, the effect on the organizational performance is significant. While organization ensures maximum cost reduction to attain high level of profitability they also attend to labour issues all the same; knowing well that competitors gain easy access to valuable success secret of an organization through key employees who are custodians of such knowledge . This paper provides a conceptual framework and highlights the different determinants of labour migration and how it impacts on the firm`s overall performance

Employee Engagement Strategies Antecedents and Migration Intention of Medical Practitioners in Nigeria: A Theoretical Assessment

Medical practitioners’ migration to other countries of the world has a considerable effect on the appropriate health care delivery of the affected countries. Funding, training, work overload, capacity building is some of the contemporary issues confronting Nigeria health sector. All these have contributed to migration intention of many Nigerian health professionals to the developed nations. The shortage of medical doctors, nurses and midwives in Nigeria has become worrisome. This study extensively explores the antecedents of employee engagement strategies on migration intention of medical professionals in Nigeria health sector. The review centres on relevant articles from reputable and reliable databases on the subject of employee engagement and migration intention of the medical personnel. It was discovered that the antecedents of medical personnel engagement strategies could be explored to enhance medical professionals' retention in Nigeria for better health care delivery. The study offers a model that can be empirically investigated to determine the extent to which the antecedents of employee engagement influences migration intention of health workers in Nigeria