Organizational Environment and Employee Performance in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.59413/ajocs/v6.i2.1Keywords:
Organizational environment, Effective leadership, Internal organizational support, Technology, Government policies, Employee performanceAbstract
The study investigated the relationship between organizational environment and employee performance in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osura. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 257 respondents was drawn from the population of 720 using Taro Yamane’s scientific sampling technique. For the objectives of the study to be achieved, four hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study utilized structured questionnaire and interview as major instruments for data collection. 257 questionnaires were distributed and 250 were returned. Data collected were analyzed using simple percentage and simple regression. Results showed that, apart from government policies which has no significant and positive relationship, other variables of organizational environment such as effective leadership, internal organizational support and technology all have significant and positive relationship with employee performance in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua. It was recommended that, effective leadership should be sustained in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, internal organizational support should be provided to enhance a cordial relationship between management and employees for better employee performance, modern technology should be adopted for efficient service delivery to enhance employee performance in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osura and government policies should be incentive-based and growth driven that will sustain employee performance in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osura.
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