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An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria

Authors: MAGAJI Nanle

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Business And Management Invention (ijbmi)

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Job enrichment and work related attitudes for ages have been a difficult issue for human resource managers of organizations worldwide; private universities in Nigeria are not an exception. Numerous researches have been carried out over the past years with the aim of resolving this problem. Job enrichment implementation schemes constitute a major problem that affects work- related attitudes. This research evaluated the moderating effectsof growth – need strength on the relationship of job enrichment and work-related attitudes of non-academic staff in selected private Universities in South-West Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted. The population of the study was 2462 non-academic staffdistributed among seven (7) approved private universities that had existed for six years in South-West, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample from the population of the study. A sample of 740 respondents was selected using multistage sampling technique. 618 filled questionnaires were returned but 547 was found useable. Multiple regressions, analysis of variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to analyse the data collected and to test the hypotheses.The findings revealed that there is positive relationship between job enrichment andwork-related attitudes which was highly moderated by employee growth-need strength. The concluded that employee with strong growth-need strength will turn on eagerly to job enrichment than employee with weak growth –need strength.The study recommended that human resource manager should encourage the employees with high growth-need strength and find strategies for helping those with low growth- need strength through training

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MAGAJI,N. . (2018). An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria, 7 (), 15-15.

MAGAJI,N. . "An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria" 7, no (), (2018): 15-15.

MAGAJI,N. and . (2018). An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria, 7 (), pp15-15.

MAGAJIN, . An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria. 2018, 7 ():15-15.

MAGAJI,Nanle , . "An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria", 7 . (2018) : 15-15.

M.Nanle , "An assessment of the Moderating Effect of Growth-Need Strength on the Relationship Between Job Enrichment and Work-Related Attitudes of Non-Academic Staff in Selected Private Universities in South-West Nigeria" vol.7, no., pp. 15-15, 2018.

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