Human Resource Technology and Organizational Survival of Telecommuinactions Firms in Nigeria
Vol.6 Issue 3
This study investigated the relationship between Human Resource Technology and Organizational Survival of Telecommunication Firms in Nigeria. The unit of data-generation was the organization and the corresponding level of analysis was the macro-level. The theoretical framework of this study was anchored on Resource Dependency Theory. The philosophical paradigm adopted for this study was positivism, a dimension of epistemology that tilts towards the exclusive use of nomothetic (quantitative) philosophical framework. In accordance with the subset of research design, this study was a hypotheses testing research. The study population was four telecommunication firms with 39 top management staff as respondents cutting across the four organizations. The study adopted the entire population as the sample size making it a census study. Data were collected through questionnaire, using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS); descriptive statistics were computed on the study variables at the primary level (univariate) of analysis. Subsequently, inferential statistics was used at the secondary level (bivariate) of analysis, such as Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The rho values were calculated in order to ascertain the nature of the proposed relationship and for testing the stated hypotheses. The study found that, Human Resource Technology has significant and positive relationship with organizational survival of telecommunication firms in Nigeria. Consequently, the study concluded that, Organizational survival can be enhanced by employing Human Resource Technology. The study recommended that: the Management and HR managers of telecommunication companies should continue investing towards improvement of the human resource information systems with a view to enhancing their service delivery such as investing in online recruiting tools, e-payroll platforms and e-performance management tools.
