ABSTRA CT

The study focused on the Impact of corporate social responsibility on employment

creation in Nigeria (A study of three selected manufacturing companies in Enugu). The

specific objectives sought achieve in this study include, to detennine the relationship

between Corporate Social Responsibility and employment creation in the three selected

Manufacturing companies in Enugu State, to ascertain the extent to which Corporate

Social Responsibility achieve employment creation in the three selected Manufacturing

companies in Enugu State, to detennine the relationship between host community

empowerment and organizational performance of the three selected Manufacturing

companies in Enugu State and to determine the extent of host community empowennent

in the three selected Manufacturing companies in Enugu State. A survey research

design was adopted for the study. The study had a population size of 3000, out of which

a sample size of 353 was realized using Taro Yamanes's formula at 5% error tolerance

and 95% level of confidence. Instrument used for data collection was primarily

questionnaire and interview. Out of 353 copies of the questionnaire that were

distributed, 312 copies were returned while 41 were not returned. The hypotheses were

tested using Chi-Square and Z-test statistical tools. The findings indicate that there is a

significant relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and employment

creation in the three selected Manufacturing companies in Enugu State (Xc = 247.519

>X,=11.143, p =0.00 <a = 0.05). Also that Corporate Social Responsibility to a

significant extent achieves employment creation in the three selected Manufacturing

companies in Enugu State (Xe = 298.054 > X®, = 9.348), there is significant

relationship between host community empowerment and organizational performance of

three selected Manufacturing companies in Enugu State (Z, = 6.487 > Z, = 1.96, p=

0.00 <a = 0.05) and finally, that the extent of host community empowennent in the

three selected Manufacturing companies in Enugu State is high (Z, =5.657 > Z,= 1.96,

p = 0.00 <a = 0.05). The study recommended that manufacturing companies should

concentrate on improving their performance by continuously indulging on corporate

social responsibility because the customer and host community expectations and the

environmental competing variables increase with the passage of time. Again, they

should develop effective mechanism of CSR adaptive enough to enshrine in their

companies policies and programme memorandum of understanding on host community

employment and stick to the rule in employing more qualified indigene in their rank and

file of employees.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, Employee creation, Empowennent, Host

community, Performance