Elobuike, Nwadi E. and Onyeneje, Edwin C. and Okonkwo, Ejike A. and Okoro, Chinwendu M. and Eze, Adobi Chika and Chigbo, Chinwe M. and Nwandu, Ikechukwu B. (2018) Is Job Performance a Function of Reinforcement? IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 20 (8). pp. 33-36. ISSN 2278-487X
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Abstract
This study examined effect of reinforcement on job performance among staff of Nigerian Television Authority comprising 8 males and 7 females between the ages of 28 to 57 years (M= 38. 13, SD = 9.75) using simple random sampling. Nigerian Television Authority performance appraisal scale and 10 % commission were used as measure and treatment condition for data collection. A quasi experiment involving pre-test and post-test design was used while matched t-test was used as statistical test for data analysis. The results indicated that paired samples t-test comparing job performance in pre and post reinforcement conditions showing a significant difference in the scores, pre job performance (M= 52.53, SD= 10.31) and post job performance (M= 62.80, SD= 8.38) conditions, t = (14)= -4.65, p < .01. Thus, reinforcement was found to be a strong determinant of job performance and confirmed the assumptions of reinforcement theories (e.g. Skinner, 1963) that behaviour is a function of its consequences (reinforcement).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2019 14:00 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2019 14:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1489 |
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