Employment Standard And Employees’ Performance In Seven-Up Bottling Company Nigeria Plc, Abia State
Nwoko V Ozioma
Office of the Registrar, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
Sampson J Chijindu
Department of Management, Abia State University Uturu
Keywords: Employment standard, employees’ performance, Seven-up Bottling Company Nigeria Plc
Abstract
Today’s workplace includes variety of workers in contingent work arrangements, orchestrated by evolving managerial ideologies on cost containment, which has led to the proliferations of unscrupulous employment practices. This study sought to: ascertain the effect of working conditions on employees’ task performance and evaluate the effect of remuneration on employees’ adaptive performance in Seven-Up Bottling Company Nigeria Plc. The study adopted survey research design. The target population of the study consists of both core staff, casuals and contract staff of the organisation. Multiple Regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Major findings revealed that: At 1% level of significance, working condition has a significant and positive effect on employees’ task performance. Remuneration does not have any significant and positive effect on employees’ adaptive performance. The study concluded that, to an extent employment standard has a significant and positive effect on employees’ performance in Seven-Up Bottling Company Nigeria Plc. Aba Plant. However, the study recommended that: The Management of Seven-Up Bottling Company Nigeria Plc. need help employees to avoid multitasking, lines of communications need be kept open and good remuneration need to be encouraged