JOB ENRICHMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

The study examined Job Enrichment and Organizational Innovation in selected manufacturing firms in Rivers State. The study sought to determine how skill variety influences process innovation of manufacturing firms, autonomy influences administrative innovation of manufacturing firms and how technology moderate job enrichment and organizational innovation. Cross sectional survey design method was adopted. The population comprises 230 employees and 230 respondents were selected using census sampling techniques. Questionnaire was used for data collection (primary data), data collected were presented and analyzed using mean score rating to analyze the research questions and statistical tool used for testing their associated hypotheses were Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Analysis formula with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The findings shows that the respondents indicated high extent that skill variety influenced process innovation, autonomy influenced administrative innovation and technology moderately influenced Job Enrichment and Organizational Innovation in the selected manufacturing firms in Rivers State. The study concludes that job enrichment and organizational innovation is a stronger, dexterity, respect among employees, fairness, caring and objectivity  manifests to the highest extent, nonprofit organization were able to access much more donor funding and have good reputation in the public and that strengthen bond with country government, Job enrichment analyzed the various assumptions inherent in the job enrichment approach, along with the ramifications and utility of employing it in work organizations. The study recommends amongst others that since skill variety and process innovation is significant and positive, the employees in the selected manufacturing firms should fully embrace and give more attention to skill variety system and process innovation etc.