STAFFING PROCESS AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN WORK ORGANISATION: A STUDY OF EMERALD LEASING NIGERIA LIMITED

Abstract

Organisations both in the private and public sector across the globe rely on their employees’ for optimum Productivity, Therefore the performance of their employees’ is necessary for effective running of the organization. Past studies had examined Employees’ performance with little or no attention to staffing process. On this basis the study examined the influence of staffing process and employees’performance. Synthesis of job characteristics model, Equity theory and Edwin lockes theories provided the framework. Thestudy adopted a descriptive survey research design. A multistage sampling technique consisting of purposive, stratified and simple random sampling were employed. The sample size was 400 and data collection instrument was questionnaire. While 47.4% of the respondents were male, 52.6% of the respondents were female. Highest proportions of respondents (42.1) were within the range of 31-40 years while. As to whether The quality of recruitment improves workers output in the organization, 15.8% Disagreed, 47.4% Strongly Disagreed, 21.1% Agreed,15.8% Strongly Agreed. Hypothesis 1 revealed significant relationship between recruitment and workers output. Hypothesis 2 equally showed significant relationship between placement of employees and their contribution to profit making of the organization. Hypotheses 3 also indicated significant relationship between selection process and target achievement of the organization. Hypotheses 4 showed significant relationship between Training and Employees’ performance. Employees’ performance is necessary to organizational development, consequently, much attention should be placed on recruiting and selecting highly skilled and competent staff in order to prevent the organization from falling.