Nepotism in the recruitment process and its implications on employees’ job productivity

Summary

            The study was designed to examine nepotism in the recruitment process and its implications on employees’ job productivity in the context of University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State. The objectives of the study include the following: To examine the impacts of nepotism in the recruitment process of workforce in the University of Benin (UNIBEN) vis a vis organizational productivity, to investigate the factors leading to nepotism in the recruitment process at UNIBEN and its relationship to organizational productivity, to examine the challenges in the recruitment process at UNIBEN vis a vis organizational productivity, to proffer viable recommendations to issue of nepotism in the recruitment process in UNIBEN. In a bid to establish the extent of relationship existing between nepotism and organizational performance the following research hypotheses became necessary which are stated in the null form; there is no significant relationship between the impacts of nepotism in the recruitment process of workforce in the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and organizational productivity, there is no significant relationship between the factors leading to nepotism in the recruitment process at UNIBEN and organizational productivity, there is no significant relationship between the challenges in the recruitment process at UNIBEN and organizational productivity.