BUSINESS DOMAIN AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study focused on business domain and employee productivity in manufacturing firms in Rivers State of Nigeria. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey research design and used both primary and secondary data. The primary data were collected from board members, data processing managers, work study managers, supervisors and head of operations of the firms. Three hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was 850 permanent employees drawn from 28 registered manufacturing firms in Rivers State with a sample size of 265. The study adopted a census technique. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The reliability of the research instrument was obtained using Test-retest method with Cronbach alpha at a 0.70 threshold