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Full Length Research Paper
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Strategies
for employee recruitment, retention and performance:
Dimension of the Federal civil service of Nigeria
Daniel Eseme Gberevbie
Department of Political Science (Public Administration),
Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
E-mail:
dgberevbie@yahoo.com. Tel: + 234 8077659463, + 234
8023628562.
Accepted 19 April, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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Institutions are established to accomplish specified goals. To
achieve these goals, the human resource is seen as one of the
most crucial factors, without which the goals are as good as
dead. This study empirically examined strategies for employee
recruitment, retention and performance in the Federal civil
service (FCS) of Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of the
study, questionnaires were administered to civil servants at the
Office of the Head of the civil service of Nigeria and
structured interview was carried out with civil servants at the
FCS Commission, Abuja. The study adopted the chi-square
analytical technique to analyze the variables. The results
showed that the strategies for employee recruitment into the
civil service are mainly based on Federal character principle
(equal representation of people from different sections of the
country), merit, political consideration and government
discretion. In terms of strategies for employee retention, the
study found that the service lagged behind in providing adequate
incentives to retain its workforce for performance compared to
what is obtainable in the private sector. It therefore
recommends that while Federal character principle may be
necessary as strategy for employee recruitment into the FCS
because of Nigeria’s multicultural, ethnic and religious
diversity, its application should however be carried out to
reflect merit within the principle. In addition, appropriate
incentives should be provided to retain competent employees for
performance.
Key words:
Federal civil service of Nigeria, strategies, employee
recruitment, retention, performance. |
