ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND JOB MOBILITY IN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
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This study was undertaken to ascertain the relationship between organizational support and job mobility in telecommunication companies in Rivers State. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through self-administered questionnaire. The population for the study was 231 employees of four (4) registered GSM Mobile Telecommunication Commission in Rivers State. The entire population was used as census hence sapling was not adopted. 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 Coefficient 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 study findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between organizational support and job mobility in telecommunication companies in Rivers State. The study recommended that employees assistance programs should be implemented by management of telecommunication companies as part of organizational support aim at reducing employees work and other related stress, this would go a long way in making employees to be continually committed to their job and organization.
Keywords: Organizational Support, Job Mobility, Telecommunication Companies
CITATION: Furo, G. (2020). Organizational support and job mobility in telecommunication companies in Rivers State, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 194 – 204.
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