EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED FAST FOOD FIRMS IN AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

Employee participation and Organisational performance is a crucial aspect of organizational management that has gained increasing attention in recent years. The specific objectives were focused on the relationship between employee engagement and organizational productivity and the relationship between staff innovation and financial performance in selected Fast Food Firms, Awka, Anambra State. This study is anchored on goal setting theory by Edwin Locke 1968. The study adopted Descriptive Survey Research Design and simple random sampling technique was used to select the Fast Food firms in Awka, Anambra State. The population of the study is 150 staff and Taro Yamane’s formula was used to determine the sample size of 109. Findings revealed there is a positive relationship between employee engagement and organizational productivity, there is no positive relationship between staff innovation and financial performance. The study concludes that management should determine what is needed by both the environment and
the sector in which they operate so as to determine the necessary decision making to build so as to ensure timely accomplishment of task. The study recommended that there is need to examine performance for the purpose of identifying employee participation in decision making gap so as to organize necessary developmental programmes for the organization, secondly: there should be enquiry into the necessary tools and technology that facilitates work process so as to incorporate innovation for easy adaptations to changes in the environment.