JOB ENRICHMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM EMPLOYEES’ IN NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC, IMAGBON, OGUN STATE
Keywords:
Employees, Job Enrichment, Job Performance, Nigerian Breweries.Abstract
VOL.6 NO.1 2024The study examined the influence of job enrichment on employees’ performance in Nigerian Breweries PLC, Imagbon, Ogun State. The study was guided by three research questions. A correlational research design was used for achieving the aim of the study. The population comprised all employees of Nigerian Breweries PLC, Imagbon, Ogun State. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 75 employees of Nigerian Breweries PLC. A structured instrument titled: “Job Enrichment and Employee Performance Questionnaire (JEEPQ)” was used for data collection with a reliability coefficient value of 0.94. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions 1 and 2. Research question 3 was answered using linear regression. The results indicated that inadequate knowledge and skills, unclear or unrealistic expectation, inadequate motivation, inadequate engagement, low level of work-life balance, laziness on the part of employees and inadequate supervision by the leadership were among the factors causing decline in employees’ performance. Increasing variety of skills for employees, create succession planning, assigning additional responsibilities roles, adding meaning to the jobs, creating job autonomy, giving feedback, job rotation and opportunity for career advancement allow to further education were among the ingredients of job enrichment for employees’ performance. Job enrichment directly influence employees’ performance in Nigerian Breweries Pls, Imagbon, Ogun State. The study recommended, among others, that management of the company should endevour to embrace job rotation as a job design technique that could be used to make employees gain personal development at work.
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