Assessment of Quality Work Life on Employee Job Performance (A Study of Selected Staff from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State)
1Eyinade Michael, 2Adebayo Adeyinka Taoheed,3 OTI Cynthia Chinedu
1,3 (MSc. Fellow) Department of Business Administration, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos.
2 Department of Business and Finance,Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
https://doi.org/10.47191/jefms/v5-i3-12ABSTRACT:
This paper critically examined the impact of Quality Work Life on Employee Job Performance, with specific focus on Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun-State. This study employed a descriptive survey design. A sample size of 86 respondents was selected using simple random sampling technique of which 84 respondents filled and returned the questionnaire. Data from the questionnaire was analyzed using special software for statistics which is called statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 23. The study found out that work environment of employees affects employees job performance. Also, compensation and degree of reward system influences the staff performance of an organization. After the findings of the research it is highly recommended thatThat Management of Organization should ensure that there is periodic review of employee needs to facilitate improvement in Quality of work life (QWL) and rise in the satisfaction level of employees. This should require adopting quality of work life (QWL) programs such as job enrichment, and socio – technical redesign into comprehensive efforts to improve the quality of working environment.
KEYWORDS:
Quality Work Life (QWL), Compensation Packages, Work Environment, and Job Performance.
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