Employee Engagement Strategies and Organizational Conflict Management. A Study of Hospitality Industry in Delta State, Nigeria (Published)
The study was conducted to examine the effect of employee engagement practices on organizational conflict management. The study, anchored on the stakeholders’ theory, adopted the survey research design hence data were collected from primary sources through the use of a structured questionnaire. The population of the study consists employees of hospitality firms in Delta State, Nigeria. Findings of the study show that internal mediation, collective bargaining and alternative dispute resolution strategies have a significant positive effect on organizational conflict management. The study also finds that employee task definition has a positive but not a significant impact on organizational conflict management and concludes that workforce conflict engagement practices influence the implementation of conflict management in hospitality companies in Delta State, Nigeria. The study recommends amongst others that managers should adopt collective bargaining and alternative dispute resolution strategies since they are found to be effective in managing conflicts in organizations.
Keywords: Alternative dispute resolution, Employee Engagement, Mediation, collective bargaining, conflict management, task definition
Employee Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sector Organizations in Ghana (Published)
Employee engagement remains a relatively virgin area especially in the Sub-Saharan region. The present study investigated employee work engagement and organizational commitment using a comparative approach of private and public sector employees in Ghana. One hundred and five (105) employees of three public and three private organizations with analogous characteristics in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana were purposively sampled. Four hypotheses were tested. Pearson product-moment correlation and Independent t-test were the statistical tools used in analyzing the data collected. The findings of the study revealed a significant positive relationship between employee engagement and employee commitment. Employees of private organizations have a higher level of employee engagement and organizational commitment than employees in public organizations, and long-tenured and short- tenured employees did not differ in commitment levels. The findings of this study are discussed with reference to the reviewed literature, Job Demand-Resources Model and Social Exchange Theory. The present study points out the need for employees to be provided with resources needed to perform their work roles since it has consequential effects on employee engagement and organizational commitment
Keywords: Accra Metropolis, Employee Engagement, Ghana, Job Demand-Resources Model, Organizational Commitment, Social Exchange Theory