PERFORMANCE AND EMPLOYEE RESOURCING STRATEGIES IN SELECTED BREWERY FIRMS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the performance and employee resourcing strategies in selected brewery firms in South-East Nigeria. The study adopted the simple linear correlation research design. The population of the study consists of the management and staff of selected brewery firms, with a total of 750. A sample size of 261 was determined using the Slovin's formula. The Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to obtain index coefficient values of 0.817, 0.823, 0.735 and 0.769 for dependent variable and independent variables respectively as the instrument reliability ratio. The data set was first subjected to normality test for the residual term using the Anderson-Darling Statistic, but the result revealed that the normality assumption was not satisfied for the three independent variables; hence the introduction of parametric regression analysis technique (Theil regression) was appropriately employed. The research questions were answered with Spearman rank correlation coefficient so as to establish the relationship between the dependent and independent variables in the study. The hypotheses were tested with Theil regression technique so as to measure the “significance” of the degree of relationships existing between the dependent and independent variables. The analysis was enabled by the use of R-Studio and Minitab software packages. The study concluded that a very high positive relationship existed between employee resourcing (employee recruitment, employee selection) and performance of selected brewery firms, while a high positive relationship existed between employee resourcing (employee career development) and performance of selected brewery firms. It was further concluded that a significant relationship existed between employee resourcing (employee recruitment, employee selection and employee career development) and performance of brewery firms. The study recommended among others that employers should aim to develop a selection strategy that will ensure that only competent and professionally qualified employees are selected to ensure the optimum performance of brewery companies.