Purpose: This study investigates the nexus between flexible working arrangements (FWA) and the productivity of the selected workplaces across the 6 geo-political zones in Nigeria. Research methodology: The descriptive survey design was used, with a population of 600 businesses in chosen states throughout Nigeria's six geopolitical zones. Using the statistical procedure developed by Krejcie and Morgan (1970), a sample size of 234 was found. Data was acquired from primary sources, and descriptive (mean) and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data with a 5% level of significance. Results: Flexible work arrangements had a positive statistical effect on workplace productivity (R2 = 0.882359, F = 1545.089, p-value = 0.05). Limitations: One state does not efficiently represent the geopolitical zones. Contribution: FWA can influence the development of business policies and strategies as revealed in the study. As such, businesses must adapt and invest in strategies that support and facilitate FWA such as information and technology systems, as they have become crucial to both staff and workplace viability. Keywords: 1. Flexible work arrangement 2. ICT 3. Productivity 4. Strategy 5. Workplace
This study examined the effect of workplace bullying and occupational stress in manufacturing firms in southeast Nigeria as the broad objective with a specific objective and a hypothesis accompanying it. Person-Environment (P-E) Fit Theory was used in anchoring the work. A survey research design was adopted by the study. The population of the study consisted of 798 employees of 25 manufacturing firms from the five southeastern states in Nigeria. A sample size of 259 was gotten by the application of Krejcie and Morgan's 1970 sample size formula. The method of data collection was primary, with a structured questionnaire being the instrument and was tested for reliability and validity. The data collected were analyzed using correlation analysis and the hypothesis was tested at a 5% level of significance. Results revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between work-related bullying and occupational stress among workers in manufacturing firms in southeast Nigeria (r = 918, P-value < 0.05). The study, therefore, concluded that workplace bullying has a relationship with occupational stress. Hence, it was recommended that the management of the manufacturing firms should know the threshold of employees' tolerance, so as not to push them to the extent of the employee seeing it as bullying, and therefore, make them more stressed.
Keywords: Workplace Bullying, Work-Related Bullying, Stress, Occupation Stress, Manufacturing Firms and Southeast Nigeria.
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