ORGANIZATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND WORK PASSION IN BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA.

Authors

  • Maxwell Nwinye and Laguo Livingstone Gilbert

Keywords:

organizational friendship, informational peer, collegial peer, harmonious passion, work passion

Abstract

The study investigated organizational friendship and work passion in broadcasting
corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The researcher recognized three measures of
organizational friendship and two indicators of work passion. Three fundamental objectives
were designed namely to: examine the relationship between informational peer and
harmonious passion in the broadcasting corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria, investigate the
relationship between collegial peer and obsessive passion in the broadcasting corporation
Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and determine the relationship between special peer and
harmonious passion in the broadcasting corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Indeed, three
research questions and three hypotheses were developed for the study. The researcher
employed a survey design and the accessible population of the study comprised of 172
selected employees carefully chosen from six broadcasting corporations in Bayelsa State,
Nigeria. A random sampling method was applied and the sample size was 120 employees
selected through Taro Yamane’s formula. Instrument for data collection was harnessed
through primary and secondary sources. Absence of workplace friendship has made most
employees to see their jobs as boring and stressful which affect innovations in management
of radio stations. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used for the data analysis.
The findings specified that organizational friendship has a positive effect on work passion.
The researcher concluded that organizational friendship determines employees work
passion. It was recommended that organizations should provide work- related information
to enhance employee work passion and performance.

Author Biography

  • Maxwell Nwinye and Laguo Livingstone Gilbert

    The study investigated organizational friendship and work passion in broadcasting
    corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The researcher recognized three measures of
    organizational friendship and two indicators of work passion. Three fundamental objectives
    were designed namely to: examine the relationship between informational peer and
    harmonious passion in the broadcasting corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria, investigate the
    relationship between collegial peer and obsessive passion in the broadcasting corporation
    Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and determine the relationship between special peer and
    harmonious passion in the broadcasting corporation Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Indeed, three
    research questions and three hypotheses were developed for the study. The researcher
    employed a survey design and the accessible population of the study comprised of 172
    selected employees carefully chosen from six broadcasting corporations in Bayelsa State,
    Nigeria. A random sampling method was applied and the sample size was 120 employees
    selected through Taro Yamane’s formula. Instrument for data collection was harnessed
    through primary and secondary sources. Absence of workplace friendship has made most
    employees to see their jobs as boring and stressful which affect innovations in management
    of radio stations. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used for the data analysis.
    The findings specified that organizational friendship has a positive effect on work passion.
    The researcher concluded that organizational friendship determines employees work
    passion. It was recommended that organizations should provide work- related information
    to enhance employee work passion and performance.

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Published

2024-05-07

How to Cite

ORGANIZATIONAL FRIENDSHIP AND WORK PASSION IN BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA. (2024). Journal of the Management Sciences, 60(3), 84-104. https://journals.unizik.edu.ng/jfms/article/view/3757

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