Employee Retention Strategies and Organizational Performance in Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service Abuja (Published)
This study examines the nexus between employee retention and organization performance of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. This is with the view of examine the impact of training program, reward system and work environment on organization goal of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. The study employed survey research design. The target Population for this study comprised of 501 staff of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Abuja. The data collected was analysed using multiple regression. The outcome of the study indicates that training program, reward system as well as work environment has a positive and significant impact on organization goal of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. That is, training programs, the reward system, and a conducive working environment play crucial roles in enabling the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to retain its best employees. It is therefore recommended that Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) should institutionalize continuous professional development programs and align reward systems with employee performance metrics to foster a supportive work environment, enhance job satisfaction, and improve employee retention rates.
Keywords: : training program, Employee Retention, Organizational Performance, Reward system, Work Environment, organization goal
Impact of Virtual Office on Business Environment (Published)
This study focused on the impact of virtual office on business environment. A virtual office gives businesses a physical address and office-related services without the overhead of a long lease and administrative staff. For a better understanding of the impacts, the researcher established first the link between technology and office work. It was found that with the advent of technological advancement, office works required the use of updated technologies for the ultimate goals of being globally competitive. The reasons for adopting virtual offices include reduction of costs of production and services, improvement of performance, increased work productivity being up-to-date, and becoming at the competitive edge over other markets. Given the findings, it was concluded that adoption of virtual office work have a positive impact on performance and it creates employment opportunities rather than it eliminates. The challenges can be addressed by providing early notice about the change, the conduct of planning and training so that the personnel can successfully adapt to the change and displacement of workers will be prevented.
Keywords: Office, Technology, Work Environment, virtual, virtual office