Managerial Strategies and Workers' Productivity in Selected Government Parastatals in Calabar

Abang; George Ndifon; Bernard Samuel Eventus; Yalo Idenyi Okpanachi; Tabi; Meyengue; Aliyu Rilwanu Saad; Atimba; Oboko I; Iyamba Godswill Francis

doi:10.56201/ijssmr.vol.11no3.2025.pg.210.222

Managerial Strategies and Workers' Productivity in Selected Government Parastatals in Calabar

Abang, George Ndifon, Bernard Samuel Eventus, Yalo Idenyi Okpanachi, Tabi, Meyengue, Aliyu Rilwanu Saad, Atimba, Oboko I, Iyamba Godswill Francis

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This study examined managerial strategies and workers’ productivity in government parastatals in Calabar. To achieve the purpose of this study, five research objectives were made to guide the study. Expost facto design was adopted for the study. The population size comprised of six hundred and ninety (690) permanent staff. Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size of two hundred and fifty-three (253) staff. The main instrument used for the data collection was questionnaire. 224 questionnaire were retrieved back from respondents. Data collected were analysed using tables and figures, while the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient. All the hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. The study found that communication skills, staff training, decision making, financial incentives, and survival strategy had significant relationship with workers’ productivity in the selected government parastatals in Calabar. The study recommended among others that government parastatals should allow workers communicate effectively if workers’ productivity must increase.

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Managerial strategiesWorkers’ productivityCommunication skillsStaff

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Managerial Strategies and Workers' Productivity in Selected Government Parastatals in Calabar

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