WORK ETHICS AS A HALLMARK OF EMPLOYEES' PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A STUDY OF OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

The prevalence of unethical behavior has led to mismanagement and total economic collapse in most Nigeria government business of which the local government is not exempted. The study examines work ethics and employee productivity in Ojo local government. Mixed research method was adopted while the d...

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Published in:BVIMSR’s Journal of Management Research 2023-10, Vol.15 (2), p.85-108
Main Authors: Hassan, Korede Ibrahim, Fatile, J O, Hunga, Opeyemi Victoria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Employees
Ethics
Hypotheses
Local government
Morality
Productivity
Public sector
Recruitment
Social services
Society
Values
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Summary:The prevalence of unethical behavior has led to mismanagement and total economic collapse in most Nigeria government business of which the local government is not exempted. The study examines work ethics and employee productivity in Ojo local government. Mixed research method was adopted while the data for this paper were drawn from both primary and secondary sources. The main instruments of data collection were interviews and questionnaire as they were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics such as percentages, means, and standard deviations were used while the hypotheses were tested using bivariate correlation techniques with the aid of the SPSS version 23. The findings from the hypothesis 1 tested revealed that there is no association between unethical behaviours and employees' productivity in Ojo local government area. This is because there is a weak negative relationship between unethical behaviours and employee productivity (r = -1.71, n = 45, p = 0.261). The result reveals that despite unethical practices occurrence in the local government, the staff were able to be provide social services to the local residents. The study further found out that unethical practices have become an intrinsic in nature as the local government staff cannot be forcibly changed from the old ways. Also, the hypothesis 2 tested revealed that there is a significant relationship between an existing disciplinary policies and the employee unethical behaviours in Ojo local government area. This is because there is a strong positive relationship between existing disciplinary policy and unethical behaviours in Ojo local government (r = 0.82, n = 45, p = 0.594). The result revealed that the local government have been able to uphold the existing discipline standard as far as they are willing to enforce the rules. There are adequate procedures and sanctions to deal with misconduct likewise there is a mechanisms for detecting and investigating any act of wrongdoings and unethical practices among the staff. The study concludes that for staff productivity to be encouraged, adequate accountability mechanism should be put in place at the local government so as to ensure efficient delivery of social services to the people. The study recommends that local government should also institute a reward system for ethical conducts likewise the local government must be able to provide adequate ethical-etiquette training likewise incentives to the staff wh
ISSN:0976-4739