Situation Analysis of Employee Relations and Employee Commitment in the Nigerian Brewery Industry

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue IX, November 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

Situation Analysis of Employee Relations and Employee Commitment in the Nigerian Brewery Industry

 Christiana B. Nsien , Ph.D¹, Michael B. Effiom², Victor A. Umoh Ph.D^3
1 Department of Business Education, College of Education, Afaha Nsit, Nigeria
^{2 & 3} Department of Business Management, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author

Abstract: This study investigated current situation of employee relations and employee commitment in the Nigerian Brewery Industry using two firms. These were Intafact Beverages Limited – (SABMiller) Onitsha, representing South East and Champion Brewery plc, Uyo representing South South. The study was a survey and made use of questionnaire in obtaining data from middle and senior staff of these firms. The population of study was 106; a census study was conducted. The survey achieved 77% response rate. The analysis of data was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The former used percentage method while the latter used multiple regression. The test of hypotheses in the study indicated that employee relations variables of conflict resolution, employee empowerment, employee compensation and employee voice significantly determined employee commitment in the Nigerian Brewery Industry. The model summary reported an adjusted R2 of 78.9%. It was recommended that breweries in Nigeria improve upon resolving conflicts in the area of doing that promptly and the approach followed; that breweries empower their employees to have some level of control over their work, deploy delegation of responsibility and encourage employee participation indecision making; that breweries improve upon compensation package offered their employees to make it motivating and so induce their commitment and that breweries recognize employees’ position on issues, incorporate their suggestions into operations management and generally improve upon its communication with employees.

Keywords: Employee Relations, Employee Commitment, Nigerian Brewery Industry, Breweries

I. INTRODUCTION

These days Employee Relationship(ER) is being used in the place of industrial relationship to describe how employers and employees relate. Bajaj, Sinha and Tiwan (2013) see the concept as dealing with relationship in existence between the employer and employees targeted at having in place morale, trust as well as commitment that will bring about such atmosphere that is both productive and secured. The concept of ER is also seen as that process utilized by enterprises to achieve effectiveness in the management of employee interactions chiefly for the purpose of actualizing set goals (Oluchi, 2013).

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