Toxic Workplace and Employee Productivity in Public Institutions: Evidence from Two Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Agber, Isaac A. and Ihuman, Paul Terfa and Shakumeh, Peters Aondover and Igba, Richard Dogo (2025) Toxic Workplace and Employee Productivity in Public Institutions: Evidence from Two Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR), 9 (4). pp. 344-353. ISSN 2643-9603

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Abstract

Genuine workplace loyalty enhances favourable organizational outcomes; however, toxic loyalty drives productivity only in the short run. This study investigated the relationship between toxic workplace loyalty and employee productivity in public institutions with a specific focus on two public universities in Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined whether the productivity of employees in the institutions could be enhanced by fear-based, manipulative, exploitative, co-dependent, and peer-based pressure loyalty. Utilizing quantitative and survey-based research, the study comprised 2743 non-academic staff of Benue State University, and Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi from which a sample of 384 participants were drawn. A questionnaire was deployed for data collection and correlation analysis was done with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS V23). The results indicated that manipulative, exploitative, co-dependent and peer-based pressure loyalty all had a negative and significant influence, fear-based loyalty revealed a positive but weak influence on the productivity of employees in the two universities. It was concluded that toxic workplace loyalty is counterproductive, especially in the long run. Bearing practical implications for administrators, it was recommended amongst other things that, that university administrators, deans and directors should ensure fair clear policies for allocations of resources, create a psychologically safe work environment, strengthen welfare programs, domesticate anti-exploitative policies and labour-regulatory policies to encourage productivity and its sustainability.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 23 May 2025 09:54
Last Modified: 23 May 2025 09:54
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4634

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