TALENT ATTRACTION AND EMPLOYEE RESILIENCE OF TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between talent attraction and employee resilience of telecommunication companies in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey. Primary data was sourced through structured questionnaire. The population of the study was one hundred and thirty four (134) from four telecommunication operators in Rivers State. A sample of one hundred and three (103) respondents was drawn from using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between talent attraction and employee resilience of telecommunication in Rivers State. The study recommended that management of telecommunication companies should be on the look-out and attract employees whom potential has been a positive impact on the companies and use it to motivate other employees with similar ability among the employees working within designated department in the company.
Keywords: Talent Attraction, Employee Resilience, Adaptability, Proactiveness
CITATION: Columbus, E. A., & Bassey, U. L. (2019). Talent attraction and employee resilience of telecommunication companies in Rivers State, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1587 – 1595.
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