COMMUNICATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT OF OFFICE MANAGER IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

This work examined communication and time management of office manager in real estate
companies in Port Harcourt. The objective of the study was to determine the influence of
communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies in Port Harcourt.
The study adopted the explanatory survey research design, sample size was drawn from the entire
twenty (20) accessible real estate companies in Port Harcourt with 72 secretaries, receptionist
administrative officer as respondents. After validation by the supervisor, 60 copies of structured
questionnaire were administered while fifty-three (53) copies were retrieved. The reliability of the
instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used for the
analyses of research questions while Spearman rank order correlation in SPSS Version 22.0 was
used for the test of hypotheses. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship
between communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies in Port
Harcourt. The study concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between
communication and time management of office manager in real estate companies. Application of
digital literacy such as effective communication/collaboration, and digital citizenship will influence
office managers time management. Consequently, the study recommended amongst others that
management of the real estate companies should insure communication/collaboration to improve
office manager’s job performance as this is capable of fostering organizational goals.