Civic Virtue and Effectiveness of Faith Based Organizations of Faith-based Organisations in South-South, Nigeria
Vol. 6 Issue 1
This study investigated the relationship between civic virtue and effectiveness of faith based organizations, South-South, Nigeria. Primary data was generated through structured and self- administered questionnaire. The population of the study was the 26 Diocese of the Anglican Communion spread in the South-South, Nigeria. The sample size of 205 was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. Results from analysis of data showed that civic virtue behaviour of employees in faith-based organizations in South-South, Nigeria brought about capacity for growth, enhanced membership engagement and improved membership retention among the organizations. The study recommends that faith-based organizations should encourage and provide motivation for employees to develop a stronger connection with their place of employment so that they would see value in exhibiting civic vitreous behaviours, since this enhances organisational effectiveness.
