IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD International Journal of Economics and Business Management (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 4 NO. 5 2018

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Self- Management and Employee Performance of Telecommunication Companies in Port Harcourt.

Vito, Baridula, Kumanwee, Felix Tombari AND Cyracus, Ndukwu

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Abstract

This study focused on the relationship between self-management and employee performance of telecommunication companies in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design. Primary data was obtained using questionnaire as the research instrument. The study population is one hundred and seventy-eight (178) employees of the four mobile telecommunication companies in Port Harcourt. The sample size of the study was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample determination table, the sample size was one hundred and twenty-three (123) employees that were randomly selected. However, after data cleaning, only data for 102 respondents were suitable for data analysis. The internal reliability of the instrument was ascertained through the Crombach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above .70 bench mark set by Nunnally (1970). Spearman’s rank correlation was used for hypothesis testing. The study findings confirm that self- management has a significant positive relationship with employee performance. The study thus recommends that telecommunications companies should evolve very efficient self-management strategies which they will have to inculcate in their employees

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