Employee’s Workplace Discipline and Organisational Performance in Oyo State Civil Service

Abstract

Maintaining an effective workplace discipline is essential in promoting acceptable employee behavior that is crucial in promoting enhanced organizational performance. This study examines the effect of employees’ workplace discipline on organizational performance in Oyo State civil service with focus on Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo state. Employees’ discipline is proxied by obedience, orderliness and subordination. The study employs survey research design as it is the most suitable for research in management and administrative sciences. The sample size of 200 respondents was selected through Taro Yamane’s formula from the population of 445 who are staff of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey using purposive sampling method. A well-structured, validated and reliable questionnaire serves as the primary research instrument in this study, which was used to collects data from primary sources. Data collected from 200 respondents was analyzed using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Result of the findings indicate a significant positive correlation between obedience and organizational performance (R=0.978**, N = 200, p < 0.01); a significant positive correlation between orderliness and organizational performance (R= 0.760**, N = 200, p < 0.01; a significant positive correlation between subordination and organizational performance (R= 0.675**, N = 200, p < 0.01); Furthermore, the multiple regression shoe that the linear combination of obedience, orderliness and subordination on organizational performance was significant { F(3,186) = 1858.638; R = .983, R2 = .966, Adj. R2 = .966; P <. 01}. The study concludes that employees discipline is essential for enhanced organizational performance. It is recommended that management should encourage employees to be obedient to organizational rules, regulation and set procedures, as this creates room for industrial harmony that enhances organizational performance. It was recommended that organization should pay particular attention to the critical employee’s dimensions, (obedience, orderliness and subordination) that is most germane to achieving overall organizational objective.