RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS AND WELFARE SERVICES ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE IN THE NIGERIA MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of good working conditions and welfare services on employees’ performance in the Manufacturing Sector, A case study of a reputable Food and Beverage Industry. The objectives were to: determine the extent at which good working condition affect employees’ performance, assess the rate at which welfare services affect employees performance; and to ascertain whether good working conditions and welfare services can jointly predict employees performance. Primary method of data collection were used. The use of questionnaire was employed to gather necessary and relevant data from the respondents. Data was analyzed using inferential and descriptive statistics. Hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), t-statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results of the findings show that R 2 value of 0.656 which reveals that good working conditions independently account for 65.6% of the variation in employee’s performance, and that welfare services independently accounts for 72.9% of the variation in employee’s performance. Good working conditions and welfare services is significant at 0.01 significant level on employee’s performance, which implies that good working conditions and welfare services have positive impact on employees performance. The study recommends that Management must create conducive and friendly working conditions that will aid employees’ performance; management must communicate with their employees in order to plan and implement good working condition policies that will aid favourable employees’ performance; and management should ensure the provision of good welfare packages that will encourage and promote employees performance.