Work Value and Occupational Hazard as Correlates of Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Among Employees of International Brewery Plc. Ilesa, Nigeria

The importance of organisational citizenship behaviour can never be over emphasised in organisation striving for competitive advantage. Thus, this study examined employees’ organisational citizenship behaviour in relation to factors such as perceived work value, occupational hazard and the combined influence of both factors on organisational citizenship behaviour among employees of International Brewery Plc, Ilesa, Osun State. This is with a view to determining factors that influence organisational citizenship behaviour among workers. Primary data were used for the study. The data were collected from the 269 respondents, which cut across eleven departments: Production, Distribution, Technical, Commercial, Research and Development, Security, Management Information, Quality Assurance, Human Resource, Personnel, Accounting and Audit and Financial department using stratified random sampling technique. Three standardized Psychological Scales were used in the study. These were the Work Value Facet of Personal Life Value Questionnaire (WVFPLV), Organisational Safety Climate Scale (OSCS), Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Checklist (OCB-C). Data collected were analyzed using the appropriate descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results showed a significant relationship between work value and organisational citizenship behaviour among employees of International Brewery Plc, Ilesa {r (267)=0.350), P 0.05}. The study concluded that work value has and occupational hazard jointly determined organisational citizenship behaviour

Locus of Control and Job Status as Mediators of Employees’ Perception of Downsizing and Organizational Commitment in Selected Ministries and Parastatals in Nigeria

The study assessed the mediating role of locus of control and job status on the relationship between employee’s perception of downsizing and their commitment to work in selected public sector establishments in Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey design and a Multi- stage sampling technique was adopted. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six Federal Government establishments in Abuja and Lagos State. Using stratified random sampling, a total of 604 respondents comprising (58.9%) males and (41.1%) females were selected from these establishments. Data were collected through the administration of standardized psychological tests: General Perception of Downsizing (GPD), Locus of Control Scale (LCS), and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). Data collected were analyzed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed a significant positive relationship between employee’s perception of downsizing and their work commitment (r = 0.17; p< 0.05). That is, employee’s perception of downsizing exercise influenced their commitment to work. The results also showed that employees’ perception of downsizing was significantly influenced by locus of control i.e. Locus of Control (r = 0.29; p<0.01). However, there was no significant relationship between downsizing and job status (r = -0.08; P>0.05). Furthermore, the results showed that locus of control significantly mediated the relationship between perception of downsizing and employees’ commitment to work (? = 0.40; t = 10.30; p<0.01), while the result reveals that job status did not significantly mediate the relationship between perception of downsizing and employees’ commitment to work (? = 0.02; t = 0.64; p>0.05).The study concluded that employees’ perception of downsizing related to their commitment to work, and this relationship was mediated by employees’ locus of control. Key Words: Downsizing; Commitment; Locus of Control; Job Statu

First Nigerian Workshop on Technology in the Informal Sector (28-31 Oct. 1987) : a summary report

Meeting: Nigerian Workshop on Technology in the Informal Sector, 1st, 28-31 Oct. 1987, Zaria, N

Diffusion of precommercial inventions developed in government funded research institutions in Nigeria

Examines the factors that seem to determine whether or not an invention will advance all the way to commercial application

International transfer of technology : a comparative study of differences in innovative behavior

Thesis, Harvard University, 1977Project number related to IDRC support could not be determine

West African Technology Policy Studies Network : second regional workshop, 3-8 Nov. 1987 ; a summary report

Meeting: West African Technology Policy Studies Network, 2d, 3-8 Nov. 1987, Accra, G

Effects of reforms on technological capability in Sub-Saharan Africa : a conceptual framework

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