WORKPLACE INCIVILITY AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF BREWING FIRMS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

It has been noticed that some Nigerians now rely on imported alcoholic drinks because some alcoholic drinks produced in Nigeria are of low quality which could be the lack of commitment on the part of the employees due to the way in which their supervisors behave badly to them. The broad objective of this study is to examine the relationship between workplace incivility and employee performance of brewing firms in Anambra State. The study was fastened on the Affective Event Theory (AET) propounded by Weiss and Cropanzano (1996) at the university of Colorado. Survey research design was used for the study, questionnaire was the data collection instrument employed by the researcher. A sample size of 288 was derived using Taro Yamanne sampling formula. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis. Findings obtained from a test of the formulated hypothesis revealed that there is a negative relationship between supervisor incivility and employee commitment in brewing firms in Anambra State with the Correlation Coefficient of -0.966 and P-value of 0.000 < .05. Base on that, the researcher concluded that workplace incivility has a negative relationship with employee performance of brewing firms in Anambra State. As a follow up to the findings obtained from a test of the formulated hypothesis, the researcher recommended that supervisors of the studied brewing firms should avoid all forms of uncivil behaviours as it could impact the commitment level of employees.