IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 3 NO. 8 2017

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Leadership Ethics as a Tool for Enhancing Organizational Performance: A Study of Dangote Cement Company Plc, Gboko.

Okoro, Sunday Nyeche, Iseh, Utibe John & Ugwulebo Jeremiah Emeka

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Abstract

This study is a modest attempt to empirically examine the relationship between leadership ethics and performance (proxied by productivity, motivation and job satisfaction) at Dangote Cement Company Plc., Gboko. The survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 317 employees was drawn from the total population of 1523 employees. Descriptive statistics such as simple percentages and tables were used to analyse the responses to the 253 returned questionnaires. Furthermore, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation was adopted by the researcher to test the study’s formulated hypotheses at 5% level of significance for a two tailed test. Findings from the study revealed that: There is a significant relationship between leadership ethics and productivity, employee’s motivation and job satisfaction at Dangote Cement Company Plc., Gboko. The study therefore recommends amongst others the need for managers of private organizations to adhere strictly to standard ethics and direct motivation to meet employees’ needs in order to enhance better performance, efficiency and high productivity in an organization’s service, thereby facilitating overall service delivery and national development.

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