IMPACT OF WORKING CONDITIONS ON EMPLOYEE’S PRODUCTIVITY IN AN ORGANISATION

Abstract

This study focused on the influence of working conditions on employee productivity, using Nigerian banks as a case study. As a result, four research questions and four hypotheses were developed for the study. The study's population consists of Nigerian banks in Lagos and Oyo metropolitan. The sample size is 382 bankers. Purposive sampling was used by the researcher. The instrument was a questionnaire titled Impact of working circumstances on employee productivity in an organization, which was created and published with the help of Qualtrics. A Likert scale was utilized, and respondents were asked to choose one of four (5) options: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagreed, and Strongly Disagreed.

The pilot test was performed to assess the instrument's dependability. The instrument was given to ten (10) people who lived outside of the study's sample region. To make a judgment on the hypotheses to answer the study questions, the respondents' responses were evaluated using descriptive and chi-square statistics at a 5% level of confidence. Physical danger, work intensity, work time quality, skills and distraction at work, management quality, organization engagement, wages, income and benefits, and job prospects were found to have an impact on employee productivity. According to the study's conclusions, further development of working environment elements can successfully raise staff productivity. It was suggested.