Mechanism for Promoting Collaborative Behaviour among Organizational Participants: Evidence from Ae-Fetha 1, Ebonyi State Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined mechanism for promoting collaborative behaviour among organizational participants with Evidence of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FETHA 1). The purpose was to; determine the outcomes of collaborative behaviours of employees on the attainment of corporate goals, explore how collaborative behaviours of employees influence the settlement of conflict in the workplace and assess how collaborative behaviour of employees in the work place can foster participation of employees in organization decision processes. The study adopted descriptive survey research design with an interpretivist philosophy, 64 questionnaires were distributed while 50 were retrieved from the respondents sampled population. Data were presented using simple percentage method and hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product correlation analysis. The findings revealed that there is a relationship between collaborative behaviours of employees and the attainment of corporate goals. It was also revealed that there is a relationship between collaborative behaviours of employees and the settlement of conflict in organizations. It was equally showed that there is no relationship between collaborative behaviour of employees and the participation of employees on organization decision processes. Based on this, it was recommended that management of organization should encourage team work practice among employees. Also, management of organization should always communicate the goals of the organization to employees and ensure practice participative management.

Workforce Diversity and Organisational Development: A Study of Federal Inland Revenue, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

“…It is a methodical, planned technique that aims to increase organisational effectiveness by coordinating strategy, personnel, and procedures. Okafor (2016).…”

“…We reviewed some works of many scholars in workforce diversitywhich includes: Onah (2004). Okafor (2016), Thomas (2015) etc. Their works elucidated and explored many challenges, benefits, and prospects of workforce diversity.…”