Job Design and Employee Turnover in Nigerian Port Authority, Rivers State
Vol.6, Special Issue
This study, using empirical means, determined the relationship between job design and employee turnover in Nigeria Port Authority, Rivers State. The population of the study was 409 employees of the two NPA branches in Rivers State while its sample size was 202 as established using Taro Yamene. The study adopted the cross sectional survey design in its assessment of the relationship between the variables, as such; primary data were quantitative in nature and were obtained using the structured questionnaire. The analysis comprised of the use of both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The descriptive statistics for the demographic and univariate levels of analyses were carried out using simple percentage, frequencies and measures of central tendencies (mean) while the inferential was done with Spearman technique. The findings indicated that there is a reliable relationship between job design and the measures of employee turnover (involuntary quits and resignation). Given this outcome, the study concludes that effective job design is an antidote to employee turnover. It recommends that management of NPA should understand that the manner in which its jobs are structured or designed will either aid the firm to attract and retain reliable employees or creates an imbalance work-life that may lead to employee involuntary quits and resignation, hence caution should be exercised doing this.
