HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: A STUDY OF SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to look into employee performance and human resources management in Nigerian universities, specifically focusing on a few Delta State institutions. The issue statement was used to create the study's objective, which was to analyze how employee performance and human resource management interacted in the chosen universities. In addition to the theoretical framework offered to explain the facts created in the investigation, a number of literatures were reviewed for the study. In this study, a cross-sectional survey design was used. Out of the 1781 people in the study population, a sample of 178 was taken. The survey participants were chosen by a basic random sampling technique. Four universities were chosen for the study, two of which were public and two of which were private. Information was gathered from the respondents via a questionnaire using a four-point Likert scale: strongly agree, agree, strongly disagree, and disagree. The study employed descriptive methods to display and evaluate the quantitative data, such as frequency distribution tables, mean, and standard deviation. Meanwhile, inferential statistics, such as Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), were utilized to assess the study's hypotheses. According to the study, one strategy for raising employee performance in the universities under investigation is performance appraisal. According to the report, colleges should create a program for quarterly and annual performance reviews in order to monitor employees' work output. Performance reviews are a valuable tool for praising and promoting employees' work while also making necessary modifications. It is a tool for problem solving that can be used to identify places where individuals' faults or organizational policies have led to deficits.