ORGANIZATIONAL LINK AND EMPLOYEE SELF-EFFICACY OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN PORT HARCOURT
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This study investigated the relationship between organizational link and employee self-efficacy of manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through self- administered questionnaire. The population for the study was two hundred and fifty-three (253) employees, of the seven (7) selected manufacturing companies. The sample size of 155 was determined 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’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. Results from analysis of data revealed that organizational link positively and significantly influences employee self-efficacy of manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The study recommended that management of manufacturing firms should encourage the organizational links among the employee’s channels that provide links in the social, psychological and financial networks including the physical environment and society, work and off-work friends and groups of an employee and his or her family
Keywords: Organizational Links, Employee Self-Efficacy, Cognitive Self-Efficacy, Emotional Self-Efficacy, Social Self-Efficacy
CITATION: Atiyegoba, M. A. (2019). Organizational link and employee self-efficacy of manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 14 – 22.
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