DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND EMPLOYEES COMMITMENT OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between disciplinary tools and employees commitment of construction firms in Rivers State, Nigeria. Primary data was collated through self-administered, structured questionnaire. The population was 300 (Three Hundred) employees of six registered construction firms in Rivers State from which a sample size of 171 was determined using Taro Yamene sample size determination formula. The data were analyzed with the use of the simple percentages while the hypotheses were tested using the Spearman rank order correlation coefficient with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study findings revealed that there is a negative and significant relationship between disciplinary tools and employee commitment of construction firms in Rivers State. Furthermore, specific findings revealed that all the dimension of disciplinary tools and employee commitment were all negatively correlated. The study thus concluded that disciplinary tools significantly influence employee commitment of construction firms in Rivers State. The study thus recommended that management of organization should endeavour to always provide warning before initiating disciplinary action on wanting employees. An offense should be stated in clear terms instead of reciting company’s regulation.
Keywords: Disciplinary tool, Verbal Reprimand, affective commitment, normative commitment, continuance commitment and employee commitment
CITATION: Ebikebina, T., & Wopara, R. N. (2019). Disciplinary actions and employees commitment of construction firms in Rivers State, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 217 – 231.
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