Job Design and Employee Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

This study investigated the relationship between job design and employee performance of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt. The study adopted the cross sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through self administered questionnaire. The target population of this study consists of 79 managerial staff of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt. There was no need for sampling since the population was small. 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. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between job design and employee performance of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt. The result of the findings further revealed that Skill variety and task significance gave rise to timeliness of work of work and efficiency of work of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt. The study recommends that Deposit Money Banks should use job design to increase the variety of skills that every employee possesses which is a form of motivation. Job design will create some level of inclusivity where employees' jobs are linked to the overall goal of the Organization. Some level of freedom in making decisions may be adopted for performance to increase. Vito, Baridula | Barinem Paul Kobani "Job Design and Employee Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd41169.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.commanagement/organizational-behaviour/41169/job-design-and-employee-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-port-harcourt-nigeria/vito-baridula