Influence of Human Resource Management (HRM) on Employee Job Performance: Evidence from Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria
Influence of Human Resource Management (HRM) on Employee Job Performance: Evidence from Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria

Summary/Abstract: In the dynamic landscape of Nigerian universities, the effective Human Resources Management (HRM) plays a pivotal role in ensuring institutional growth, productivity, and overall excellence. Hence, this study investigated influence of HRM focusing of human resource planning and performance appraisal on employee job performance in Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population of the study was sixteen thousand three hundred and four (16,304), all academic, non-academic, senior and junior staff of the four Federal Universities in South-West, Nigeria. The simple random, proportionate and stratified sampling techniques were used to select three thousand two hundred and sixty (3,260) respondents. The study made used of adapted two research instruments titled “Human Resource Management Questionnaire (HRMQ) and Employee Performance Scale (EPS)”. While the validity of the instrument was determined by expert in Test and Measurement, reliability of the instrument was established using test and retest method with Cronbach Alpha value of 0.68. The three (3) research questions raised in this study were answered with descriptive statistics and two (2) hypotheses formulated were analysed with inferential statistics. The study found high level of human resource planning, performance appraisal and employee job performance of academic staff in the target Universities. The study recommended that among others, that the human resource management should be improved to motivate employee for a better service delivery; an appropriate human resources planning and performance appraisal policy that will enhance employee job performance should be put in place and implemented into the letter.

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