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Accelerating Employee Performance through Management by Objectives: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms

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  • Ifeanyi Emmanuel Nuel Okoli

    (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria)

  • Evelyn Ayamba Bassey Ewah

    (Godfrey Okoye University, Nigeria)

  • Christian Uchenna Chukwu

    (University of Nigeria, Nigeria)

Abstract

This study explore ways of accelerating employee performance through management by objective among workers in manufacturing firms in Anambra State Nigeria. Three specific objectives research questions and hypotheses were formulated with the decomposed variables of the study. This study used a survey research design. The study population was three hundred and thirty-three (333) workers whereas the sample size was one hundred and eight two (182) arrived at using Taro Yamane formula. Data were composed using a self-administered questionnaire from the sample size of workers. The simple random sampling system was applied for the study. Pearson correlation coefficient and simple linear regression were applied for hypotheses testing. In the first hypothesis, the study found that participation exerts moderate influence on employee retention among workers in manufacturing firms (β=0.65, t=10.36, r2=0.424, F=107.272, p

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  • Ifeanyi Emmanuel Nuel Okoli & Evelyn Ayamba Bassey Ewah & Christian Uchenna Chukwu, 2023. "Accelerating Employee Performance through Management by Objectives: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms," European Journal of Business and Management Research, European Open Science, vol. 8(4), pages 216-222, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejbmr0:v:8:y:2023:i:4:id:52063
    DOI: 10.24018/ejbmr.2023.8.4.2063
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