Collective Bargaining and Industrial Harmony in Public Sector: A Study of Ebonyi State University Nigeria

Abstract

Collective bargaining and industrial harmony in public sector was elicits to determine the extent to which collective bargaining contributes to the industrial harmony in Ebonyi State University. The population of the study covers the broad spectrum of the 2678 staff of Ebonyi State University while the sample size of 348 was determined using Taro Yemeni's formula. The study made use of survey research design. Pre-tested structured questionnaire was adopted in data collection. Data was presented and analyzed with graphs and frequencies tables. Chi Square was employed to test the hypotheses. From the Findings, we discovered that collective bargaining prevents unfair labour practices in Ebonyi State University; that collective bargaining contributes to increase in productivity in Ebonyi State University; that collective bargaining is one of the effective tools through which conflict could be resolved in Ebonyi State University. The study therefore concludes that collective bargaining leads to industrial harmony in Ebonyi State University through improvement in conflict management which prevents unfair labour practices and leads to increase in productivity. Therefore, the study recommends among others that effective collective bargaining be practiced in all public organizations in Nigeria in order to foster industrial harmony.