HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL HARMONY IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

This study empirically assessed the relationship between Human Resources Policies and Industrial Harmony in Edo State in Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State. The study specifically examined how human resource policies (promotion and transfer policies. Leave and time-off policies, employee conduct policies and employee exit policies) influence industrial harmony in Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State.

Cross-sectional survey research design was utilized in this study. The population of this study consist of all one hundred and seventy-five (175) staff of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State. A sample size of 122 respondents from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Budget/Planning in Benin City, Edo State were administered questionnaire. Data collected were analyse using descriptive statistics to ascertain the employees perceptions on the variables of interest while Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the relationships among the research variables. All tests were performed at a 5% level of significance using AMOS 22.0. The structural equation modelling (SEM) was used as the estimating technique to analyze the structural relationship between measured variables and latent constructs.

The study found that human relations policies positively impact on industrial harmony in a organisation. The study found that there is a statistical significance between human resource policies, decision making and industrial harmony. It is recommended that management that management need to improve on the level of job involvement of employee in the decision-making process especially those human resource policies that affects them as this would eliminate any form of discrimination to a minimum.