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IIARD International Journal of Economics and Business Management (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 10 NO. 9 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijebm.v10.no9.2024.pg49.63

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Work Group Affinity and Employee Productivity: Implications of Organizational Climate. A Study of Public Universities in South- South Nigeria

ONUMBU, Tubotamuno Alamina and DR. L. Q. Baridam    

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Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between work group affinity and employee productivity, as well as the moderating role of organizational climate on the relationship between the variables within public universities in South-South Nigeria. The objectives of the study was to access the extent to which organizational climate impacts on the relationship between work group affinity and employee productivity in public universities in South-South Nigeria. The design adopted the cross-sectional survey and data collection was carried out using the structured questionnaire from a total of 380 teaching staff from 22 public universities. Its reliability was ascertained through Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient with a threshold of 0.70. The Zero partial order correlation method was used to test the moderating role of organizational climate on work group affinity and employee productivity. Findings revealed that organizational climate of support climate and autonomy support significantly moderates the relationship between work affinity group and employee productivity in public universities in south-south, Nigeria. In line with the findings, the study concludes that that Organizational climate strongly enhances the relationship between work affinity group and employee productivity.

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