Abstract:
This study examined the impact of selection process on the organizational performance in selected South East Nigerian brewery firms. The study adopted the simple linear correlation research design. The population of the study consists of the management and staff of selected brewery firms, with a total of 750. A sample size of 261 was determined using the Slovin's formula, but only a sample of 242 was employed in the study. The Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to obtain index coefficient values of 0.932, 0.825, 0.832 and 0.820 for dependent variable and independent variables respectively as the instrument reliability ratio. The dataset was first subjected to normality test for the residual term using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic, but the result revealed that the normality assumption was not satisfied for the two independent variables; hence the introduction of parametric regression analysis technique (Theil regression) was appropriately employed. The research questions were answered with Spearman rank correlation coefficient so as to establish the relationship between the dependent and independent variables in the study. The hypotheses were tested with Theil regression technique so as to measure the "significance" of the degree of relationships existing between the dependent and independent variables. The analysis was enabled by the use of R-Studio and Minitab software packages. The study concluded that a very high positive relationship existed between employment tests and creativity of selected brewery firms in selected brewery firms in South-East Nigeria, while a very high positive relationship existed between selection interview and profitability in selected brewery firms in South-East Nigeria. The study recommended among others that when choosing new employees, other businesses especially breweries should use selection techniques that improve overall organizational effectiveness.
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