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| An Assessment of Organizational Politics and Employee Performance in Rivers State Table Water Manufacturing Firms
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Dr. Nwiyii, Blessing Joseph, Dr. Amanawa, David Ebiegberi, Dr. Alobari, Grant Emmanuel
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Abstract:
The paper examined the relationship between organizational politics and employee performance in Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State. The study's objective was to empirically examine how organizational politics relates to employee performance in terms of innovativeness, work quality, and task performance in Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State. The study employed the explanatory cross-sectional survey research design. The population of this study was eight hundred and thirty-two (832) employees in forty-four (44) registered Table Water Manufacturing Firms operating in Rivers State, Nigeria, that are duly registered with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). Using the Krejcie and Morgan Sample Size Determination of 1970, the study's sample size was two hundred and sixty-five (265) respondents. Bowley's (1960) Population Proportionate Allocation Formula was used to determine the number of sample elements for each of the firms. A total of two hundred and sixty-five (265) questionnaires were distributed to the target respondents with the help of two (2) research assistants. However, 240 of them were retrieved. The data obtained from the field were analyzed using Spearman's Rank Order Correlation Coefficient and t-test with the aid of SPSS Version 22.0. Three hypotheses were tested using Spearman Rank Order Correlation. From the empirical analysis carried out, the findings of the study were that: organizational politics has a strong negative relationship with innovativeness in Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State; organizational politics has a strong negative relationship with work quality in Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State, and; organizational politics has a moderate positive relationship with task accomplishment in Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State. The study concluded that organizations should put a strong control mechanism on political practices in the organization to avoid weakening the commitment and performance of their employees. The study, among others, recommended that Table Water Manufacturing Firms and other organizations properly manage organizational politics to strengthen employee commitment, work engagement, and performance.
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