ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of job design on employee performance in Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) South East Nigeria using a cross sectional research survey. The specific objectives of this study are to investigate how job rotation, enlargement and enrichment influence task and adaptive performance of employee in Standards Organization of Nigeria, South East Region. The target population of this study consists of two hundred and seventeen (217) staff of SON in South East Nigeria comprising Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Imo and Abia State. A sample size of one hundred and forty one (141) was derived using Yamane (1962) formular. The source of data collection used in this study was both primary and secondary sources of data. Face and content validity was employed to ascertain the validity of the instrument. Cronbach alpha was used to determine the reliability of the study instrument. Frequency was used to analyze respondent demographic characteristics while linear regression and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze the hypotheses. The findings of this study revealed that job design has positive significant effects on employee performance in Standards Organization of Nigeria. In specific terms, it was found that job rotation and enlargement has positive significant effects on employee performance. This study has contributed to the body of knowledge on job design and employee performance as job design was found to be a predictor of employee performance in Standards Organization of Nigeria, South East Region. Another contribution to knowledge of this study is that, job rotation and job enlargement are strategies that organizational leaders can use to enhance the performance of their employees.