WORKPLACE FRIENDSHIP AND HUMAN RESOURCE PROCUREMENT DECISIONS OF RIVERS STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS
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This study examined the relationship between workplace friendship and human resource procurement decisions of Rivers State Public Service Commissions. Recruitment decisions, selection decisions and placement decisions were used as measures of the HR procurement decisions. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey. Primary data was generated through self-administered questionnaire. The population of the study was 84 employees of four Rivers State Public Commissions. The sample size of 69 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Crombach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The study finding revealed that there is a significant relationship between workplace friendship and human resource procurement decisions of Rivers State Public Service Commissions. The study recommended that management of public organizations should take into cognizance that workplace friendship among employee class and managerial class should not have distorting effect on selection of employee for a particular course or benefit.
Keywords: Workplace Friendship, Human Resource Procurement Decisions, Recruitment Decisions, Selection Decisions and Placement Decisions
CITATION: Sokariba, I. C. (2019). Workplace friendship and human resource procurement decisions of Rivers State Public Service Commissions. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1706 – 1717.
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