Managing Informal Communication for Enterprise Productivity

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2

Abstract

This study concern is to investigate how the effective management of Informal Communication can enhance enterprise productivity in the selectedconstruction firms in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. The population of the study is made up of nine hundred and six (906) staff of selected corporate construction companies in Port Harcourt. The sample size is drawn from the target population using the Yaro Yamane formula for selection of sample from a finite population. Therefore, the calculated sample size is two hundred and seventy (270).The closed-ended four point Likert scale questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. It contains structured items on Informal Communication Management and entrepreneurial success. Content and face validity were done using pretest on a group of managerial employees with a view to ascertaining their suitability for the study as well as inputs from field experts. The Cronbach‟s Alpha coefficient was used to enhance the internal reliability of the measures and that was determined using SPSS. Only items that return alpha value of 0.7 above were taken as reliable enough for use. The analysis of the data was further enhanced with the aid of SPSS and recommendations were drawn from the findings and conclusion which apparently indicated strong relationships between the tested attributes of the predictor and measures of the criterion variables.

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Dr Patrick N. Nwinyokpugi

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  • EP ID EP417081
  • DOI 10.9790/0837-2302012835.
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Dr Patrick N. Nwinyokpugi (2018). Managing Informal Communication for Enterprise Productivity. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 23(2), 28-35. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-417081