HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENTS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS OF RIVERS STATE
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This study examined the relationship between human resource planning and employee commitment in Local Government Councils of Rivers State. Affective commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment were used as measures of employee commitment. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through self-administered questionnaire. The population of the study was 10,967 employees of nine (9) selected Local Government Councils of Rivers State. The sample size was 386 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 Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. 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 human resource planning and employee commitments in Local Government Councils of Rivers State. The study recommended that Authorities of Local Government Councils in Rivers State should continually carry out human resource audit and planning to determine in advance the demand and supply situation in the labor market prior to recruitment of employees.
Keywords: Human Resource Planning Employee Commitments, Affective Commitment, Formative Commitment, Continuance Commitment
CITATION: Ajieh, I. V. (2019). Human resource planning and employee commitments in local government councils of Rivers State. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1645 – 1657.
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