The Effects of Equal Employment Opportunity on Organizational Productivity

A Case Study of Enugu State Ministry of Finance, State Secretariat, Enugu

Abstract

This study sets out to investigate the effects of equal employment opportunity on organizational productivity at the Enugu State Ministry of Finance, located at the State Secretariat, Enugu. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprise the entire eighty (80) staff of the Ministry. The Taro Yameni’s formula was used to draw a sample size of sixty seven (67) which included the senior, intermediate and junior staff of the Ministry. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. The validity of the instrument was ensured through the supervisor’s corrections which were effected by the researcher as directed. The reliability of the instrument was tested through the test-retest method and the result was consistent each time. A total of sixty-seven (67) questionnaire were printed and personally distributed to the respondents by the researcher, out of which sixty (60) were correctly completed and returned, hence, this number (60) became our new sample size. The data generated through the questionnaire were analyzed in percentages. The formulated hypotheses were tested with the chi-square (X2) statistical formula at 0.05 level of significance. Some of the major findings include that equal employment opportunity increases organizational productivity, boosts employee morale and above all, improves organizational harmony and tranquility. Sequel to the findings, it was recommended that Enugu State Ministry of Finance and indeed other public and private organizations should enshrine equal employment opportunity in their employment policy and ensure its implementation to the letter.