Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of recognition and career advancement on employee job performance in Nigeria Brewery Plc in Imagbon, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The target population consists of 215 staff of Nigerian Brewery Plc. Imagbon, and sample size was 88. A structured questionnaire was used as a research instrument in gathering the primary data used for the study. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and correlation analysis with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 23). The results and findings indicated that employee recognition (r-0.759, p- 0.029) and career advancement (r-0.594, p- 0.012) have significant and positive effects on employee job performance in Nigerian Brewery Plc Imagbon, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The research recommends that the management of Nigerian brewery Plc should put a measure in place to ensure retention of younger employees that constitute the greater percentage of the brewery industry through adequate employee recognition programmes; and that management should be fully committed to employee flexible work schedule and provide an enabling environment for all and sundry within the organization.
Highlights
It has often been said that the most important asset of any organization through which it achieves competitive advantage is its employees
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of recognition and career advancement on employee job performance in Nigeria Brewery Plc in Imagbon, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State
The analysis indicates that larger percentage (94.32%), of the respondents have spent between 1- 10 years in the service of Nigerian Brewery Plc
Summary
It has often been said that the most important asset of any organization through which it achieves competitive advantage is its employees. This is true because the key element of an organization is not a building or a set of policies and procedures; but people and their relationships with one another. For employee to be more productive in their services to the organization, the need for motivation cannot be over-flogged. Motivation in organizations is perfectly vital and needed because it could change and improve the performance of workers in affirmative manner. Motivation remains an internal drive to satisfy an unsatisfied need of the employees and to achieve a certain goal within the organization (Ongalo and Tari, 2015)
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