Assessing the Impact of Employee Work Design on Performance and Profit Optimization of Nigerian Commercial Banks

Marcus Garvey Orji; Regina Samson; Solomon Abba Boman; Joseph Odey

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Assessing the Impact of Employee Work Design on Performance and Profit Optimization of Nigerian Commercial Banks

Marcus Garvey Orji, Regina Samson, Solomon Abba Boman, Joseph Odey

Published in International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 5, Issue 1)

Received: 31 October 2016 Accepted: 7 January 2017 Published: 22 February 2017

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The major problem confronting most human resources managers in organization is how can a job be designed or structured so that the employee’s performance can be enhanced and profitability increased. There is the need to understand that how workers responsibilities and duties are segmented helps to shape and determine virtually all other facets of organizational functioning. This research work has the objective of assessing the impact of work design on profit optimization of Nigerian commercial banks. The study adopted a survey research method and both primary and secondary sources of data were applied. Formulated hypotheses were tested using regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that Work design enhances productivity in banks, Work design increases profitability, influences behavior, staff motivation and autonomy in banks. The study recommends that Work should be design to influence potential behavior in line with technological trends, and Management should endeavour to discourage the notion that work design exercises are carried out for performance evaluation purposes only. This can be done by laying more emphasis on training and retraining of staff to fit into ever changing information technology especially in banks.

Published in	International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (Volume 5, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijebo.20170501.12
Page(s)	8-14
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Work Design, Employee Performance, Profit Optimization, Commercial Banks

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Marcus Garvey Orji, Regina Samson, Solomon Abba Boman, Joseph Odey. Assessing the Impact of Employee Work Design on Performance and Profit Optimization of Nigerian Commercial Banks. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2017;5(1):8-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20170501.12

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Marcus Garvey Orji

Department of Business Administration, Veritas University, Abuja, Nigeria
Regina Samson

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Solomon Abba Boman

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Joseph Odey

Department of Marketing, University of Nigeria, Nsuka, Nigeria

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Marcus Garvey Orji, Regina Samson, Solomon Abba Boman, Joseph Odey. Assessing the Impact of Employee Work Design on Performance and Profit Optimization of Nigerian Commercial Banks. Int J Econ Behav Organ. 2017;5(1):8-14. doi: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20170501.12

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