Open AccessInfluence of Teamwork on Organizational Performance in Nigerian Public Sector: A Study of Benue State Civil Service, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Adamu Garba
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47363/jesmr/2020(1)108
Subject(s) - teamwork , service (business) , public sector , government (linguistics) , operations management , business , statistics , psychology , mathematics , engineering , marketing , management , political science , economics , linguistics , philosophy , law
This study examined the influence of teamwork on organizational performance in Nigerian Public Sector: A study of Benue State Civil Service, Nigeria. Convenience sampling was used to gather primary sources of information from the respondents in the study area. Data was collected using questionnaire and analyzed using inferential statistics such as simple linear regression analysis. The hypotheses of the study were tested using the probability values of the estimates. The first model of the study shows that teamwork has a positive effect on the Performance of Benue State Civil Service proxies by service delivery and the effect is statistically significant (p 0.05) but in line with a priori expectation. This means that a unit increases in Teamwork will result to a corresponding increase in turnaround time in Benue State Civil Service by margin of 27.3%. Teamwork has a positive effect on the performance of Benue State Civil Service proxies by operational efficiency and the effect is statistically significant (p<0.05) and in line with a priori expectation. This means that a unit increases in teamwork will result to a corresponding increase in operational efficiency in Benue State Civil Service by margin of 49.6%. It was concluded that teamwork, is an essential element for the development and function of an organization or institution. It was recommended among others that government of Benue State should incentivize employees who work as a team as this has been shown to improve performance