GROUP CLIMATE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COLLECTIVISM AS PREDICTORS OF EMPLOYEES’ COMPETITIVENESS AMONG A SAMPLE OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STAFF

Eze, Adobi Chika and Okonkwo, Ejike A. and Okoro, Chinwendu M. (2016) GROUP CLIMATE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COLLECTIVISM AS PREDICTORS OF EMPLOYEES’ COMPETITIVENESS AMONG A SAMPLE OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STAFF. Nigerian Psychological Research,, 4. 594 -607. ISSN 2408-5448

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Abstract

The present study examined group climate and psychological collectivism as predictors of employees’ competitiveness. Employees’ competing in organisations is inevitable. This especially involves groups, formal or informal. Group is the force that drives organisation’s productivity and growth. This calls for a climate where different groups will play different roles towards achieving the organisational goals and objectives. Nigerians are collectively oriented and as such employers are looking forward to having workers who are psychologically collective in moving his/her organisation forward. Ninety-seven participants comprising 59 male and 38 female employees in the university system were sampled using two-stage cluster sampling technique. Three instruments; Conflict sub-scale of Group Climate Questionnaire (GCQ) by MacKenzie (1983), Psychological Collectivism Scale (PSC) by Jackson, Colquitt, Wesson and Zapata-Phelan (2006) and Hypercompetitive Attitude Scale by Ryckman, Hammer and Gold (1990) were used for data collection. Using correlational design and multiple linear regression statistics; the result showed that jointly, group climate and psychological collectivism accounted for 6.3% variance in employees’ competitiveness, with F(2, 94) = 3.18, p < .05, R = .25. In the same vein, independently, only group climate significantly but inversely predicted employees’ hyper-competiveness at (β = -.26, t = -2.39, p =.02) where as psychological collectivism did not. The researchers concluded that organisational peace and harmony will be hampered if healthy group climate and competitive behaviours are not entrenched and recommended that employees and employers should be wary of the existence of hyper-competitive workers in their organisation and should find a way of curtailing its negative effects.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited:	20 May 2019 12:20
Last Modified:	20 May 2019 12:20
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1548

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