Papers by Jaja, Seth Accra
The present study was conducted to identify the mediating role of psychological capital in the re... more The present study was conducted to identify the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between Perceived Organizational Support (POS) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) among employees of multimedia organizations in Malaysia. Data collection was done through personally administered questionnaires from 350 employees. The statistical analysis namely Correlation analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling were executed. Results found positive and significant relationship between POS and OCB, a positive relationship between POS and psychological capital, and psychological capital towards OCB. Finally, psychological capital fully mediated the relationship between POS and OCB. The study makes a significant and unique contribution to literature by showing the mediation effect of psychological capital in the relationship between POS and OCB. Present study's results demonstrated that the employees' perception of organizatio...
The presence and growth of social networks within African work organizations is a phenomenon whic... more The presence and growth of social networks within African work organizations is a phenomenon which given its implications on the survival and effectiveness of the organization, calls for a more in-depth review and investigation. This study reviews literature on the prevalence and nature of this social phenomenon especially given groupings such as religion and ethnicity within the African work organization. The study therefore investigates through a review of extant literature, the relationship between leadership and thriving social networks within African organizations. The review of literature provides an in-depth assessment of the nature leadership and its role as an antecedent in fostering workers engagement and involvement with various forms of social networks and the implications of such groups for the overall functioning of the organization. The literature revealed support for a substantial level of association between the variables with outcomes of social networks and group p...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1995
ABSTRACT Among the major problems identified by Organisational Behaviour Scientists in Africa tod... more ABSTRACT Among the major problems identified by Organisational Behaviour Scientists in Africa today are those of a highly organised formal and a highly centralised management of organisation crushing the Organisation-Man under the dead weight of uniformity. Formal organisations have become large and complex and highly organised, and the basis of their organisation is production efficiency. In this system, an Organisation-Man is essentially looked upon as a producer and, because the formal organisation in which he is carrying on his role is so vast and complicated, personal relations seem to have lost all meanings. Formal organisation is relatively affluent. The output of goods is enormous, but entrepreneurs, and sometimes management continues to exploit the situation in their own interest, and the Organisation-Man is engaged all the time in nothing but the exacting task of trying to, or worrying in order to, improve his economic status. The Organisation-Man has to remain so busy in the pursuit of his vocation that he hardly gets time to look within himself and think of the quality of his life pattern. Meeting each other in factory or workshop or a crowd, commuting or agitating, he finds himself more and more isolated and alienated from the formal organisation.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2017
This study investigated the moderating influences of social interaction and social perception in ... more This study investigated the moderating influences of social interaction and social perception in the leader impression management strategy and subordinate work attitude relationship, in the Nigerian telecommunication industry. Adopting a cross-sectional survey design and the questionnaire as the dominant research instrument, data were obtained from a sample of 306 employees from 6 firms that are operational in the Nigerian telecommunication industry. A total of 279 sets of the questionnaire were retrieved representing 91%. The emphasis on demographic characteristics of respondents wase on gender, academic qualifications, status and tenure. Due to the number of study variables, multiple regression analysis was employed for multivariate hypothesis testing, using the SPSS version 21 software. Results indicate that social interaction and social perception moderated the relationship between leader impression management strategy and subordinate work attitude. The study concluded that lea...
The International Journal of Management, 2009
Journal of Research in National Development, 2008
There are several perspectives of micro business management, which if strategically redefined and... more There are several perspectives of micro business management, which if strategically redefined and reinvented, could make a difference in the advancement of this crucial constituency of the Nigeria economy. One of such concerns is project analysis and management, particularly in periods of high inflation. This study was advanced in this direction, harnessing and utilizing primary data from 42 incumbent professional (graduate) managers out of a target of 50. Chi-square (x2) statistical technique was applied in testing the research proposition, which underscored the adaptability and adoptability of discounted methodologies in spite of their peculiar size and allied features. The recommendations emphasized indigent entrepreneurial empowerment and micro business executive capacity building at the micro level and more conscientious inflation regimes on the other (macro) side of the divide. JORIND Vol. 3 (2) 2005: pp. 75-79
Organizational Behavior & Key Stakeholders eJournal, 2015
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support... more The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational citizenship behaviour in the Nigerian Hospitality Industry. The five measures of organizational citizenship behaviour which we used as our criterion variable were altruism, conscientiousness, civic virtue, courtesy and sportsmanship. The study units comprised managers and workers and hence the corresponding level of analysis was the micro-level. The cross sectional survey was conducted with a sample size of 1450 workers drawn from a population of 3768 workers. The scales used were within the acceptable Cronbach Alpha values of 0.7, which was interpreted to be reliable. A total of 1,093 copies of completed and usable questionnaire was used for data analysis. Furthermore, descriptive statistics were computed at the primary level of analysis, while the Spearman Rank Order Coefficient was used at the secondary level of analysis. The result of the analysis showed that ther...
This study extensively reviewed extant literature on the sociological theory of organizational is... more This study extensively reviewed extant literature on the sociological theory of organizational isomorphism and its influence on corporate survivability. Isomorphism explains the forces that persuade and trigger organizations to pattern or recreate itself towards homogeneity. Going by our literary diagnosis, it was observed that the success and failure of an organization is largely tied to its responsiveness towards environmental expectations. Hence, isomorphic pressures such as coercive influence, normative behavior and mimetic process are associated with both opportunities and threats which have the potentials to make or mar the fortunes of organizations. Consequently, the study concludes that organizational survival is only possible in a climate of environmental awareness and swift responses and adaptation to isomorphic dictates. Therefore, we recommend that organizations should develop sustainable resilient behaviors through adaptive capacity building, situation awareness and key...
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support... more The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational citizenship behaviour in the Nigerian Hospitality Industry. The five measures of organizational citizenship behaviour which we used as our criterion variable were altruism, conscientiousness, civic virtue, courtesy and sportsmanship. The study units comprised managers and workers and hence the corresponding level of analysis was the micro-level. The cross sectional survey was conducted with a sample size of 1450 workers drawn from a population of 3768 workers. The scales used were within the acceptable Cronbach Alpha values of 0.7, which was interpreted to be reliable. A total of 1,093 copies of completed and usable questionnaire was used for data analysis. Furthermore, descriptive statistics were computed at the primary level of analysis, while the Spearman Rank Order Coefficient was used at the secondary level of analysis. The result of the analysis showed that ther...
This study examined the effect of Suggestion Scheme - a form of Employee Voice and Workers Commit... more This study examined the effect of Suggestion Scheme - a form of Employee Voice and Workers Commitment. Using Cross Sectional Survey design, a sample size of 357 workers from the banks in the South-South zone of Nigeria was used as respondents. We found that suggestion scheme had a significant positive effect on employees’ continuance and normative commitment but no significant effect on employee’s affective commitment. This result suggests that when organizations utilize suggestion scheme as a form of employee voice, workers will be morally obliged to remain with the organization and will stay because they would not want to lose their investment.
African Administrative Studies, 1994
Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or cre... more Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or create images of themselves in the perception of their subordinates. This article describes an inquiry into how the African Industrial Manager would manage the impressions of his subordinates. It identified frameworks and methods that recognise the role processes play in organisational life through impression management formations. This was done through the use of focus groups and key informant interviews, with managers and workers in forty-five firms in the manufacturing and service sub-sector of both private and public sectors of the economy. It was discovered that an agenda for practicing impression management in African work organisations could adopt the IMD-AIM model of impression management, which highlights the Physical Appearance and Trait-Signal Dimension, Direct-Indirect Acquisitive Dimension and Direct-Indirect Protective Dimension. This model offers increasing potential benefits...
International Journal of Social Economics, 1995
International Journal of Management Sciences, 2014
This study examined executives‟ conscientiousness and organisations‟ keystone vulnerability m... more This study examined executives‟ conscientiousness and organisations‟ keystone vulnerability management. Data were collected from one hundred executives through questionnaire and analysis was done using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The result showed that executives‟ conscientiousness was positively and significantly associated with organisations‟ keystone vulnerability management. The study concluded that executives should not consider themselves as bosses who are bigger than policies and rules because when they keep to rules, others will emulate and the organization will be a better place where leadership by example strives. The study further recommended among many that; Business Executive should as matters of obeying the conscience keep to rules and regulations of the organizations they administer.
European Journal of Business and Management, 2016
This study investigated the relationship between workplace safety practices and organisational ad... more This study investigated the relationship between workplace safety practices and organisational adaptability in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry. The research design adopted the cross sectional survey and utilized the non-probability purposive sampling technique in selecting the sample of 130 managers that responded to the statistical questionnaire survey. The study employed the self-administered questionnaire to obtain primary data, while secondary data were collected from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the HSE Departments of the sampled companies. The SPSS Version 20 was used in analysing the data. Results show that workplace safety practices (WSP) has a positive and significant relationship with organisational adaptability, as the null hypotheses were virtually rejected. Therefore, based on the findings, it is recommended that the sector/industry management should adhere more strictly to benchmarked HSE compliance injunctions for corporate business continuity and e...
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between employee engagement and organiza... more The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between employee engagement and organizational citizenship behavior in Maritime Firms in Onne, Rivers state, Nigeria. A cross-sectional research design was adopted. The target population (N-193) consists of management and management trainees. The bivariate analysis was carried out using Spearman rank order correlation coefficient. The findings of this study reveal that Employee engagement has a positive significant relationship with Organizational citizenship behavior. This study concludes that Organizational citizenship behavior can be enhanced through the application of cognitive and emotional engagement among employees in Maritime firms. The study recommends that organizations must encourage human capital development for effective utilization of the staff and women should be encouraged to be actively involved in the maritime organizations. International Journal of Advanced Academic Research | Social & Management Sciences | ...
This study examined the relationship between Internal Attitude Survey and Workers Commitment. Usi... more This study examined the relationship between Internal Attitude Survey and Workers Commitment. Using Cross Sectional Survey design, a sample size of 357 employees from the Banking Industry in the South-South zone of Nigeria was used as respondents. The results drawn from the use of Spearman Rank Order Correlation showed that Internal Attitude Survey had a significant positive association with workers continuance and normative commitment, but no significant association with workers affective commitment. This result suggest that when employees views and feelings are known by management and positive steps taken to redress imbalances, employees will be morally obliged to remain with the organization and will not be willing to leave the organization because of possible loss in their investment.
Management Research News, 2003
Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or cre... more Periodically, African Industrial Managers face management decisions regarding how to build or create images of themselves in the perception of their subordinates. This article describes an inquiry into how the African Industrial Manager would manage the impressions of his subordinates. It identified frameworks and methods that recognise the role processes play in organisational life through impression management formations. This was
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
European Journal of Business and Management, 2014
This Study empirically examined the nature of the relationship between the Management of ethnic a... more This Study empirically examined the nature of the relationship between the Management of ethnic and religious diversity and Corporate Performance of firms in Nigeria. In Nigeria, a Nation with several ethnic nationalities and languages, as well as diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, the issue of diversity appears to be one of the most important challenges to managers. Nigeria which has grown from a basically agrarian society is now regarded as one of the most populous industrially developing nations in the world, which is richly endowed with abundant human and natural resources. However, most of the economic drawbacks of the nation are attributable to the inability of the organizations to perform optimally. This Paper believes that the proper management of a diverse workforce is the key to achieving optimum corporate performance and highlights challenging issues which have implications for managers.
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Papers by Jaja, Seth Accra