Green Recruitment and Performance of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industries in South-East, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated green recruitment and performance of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-East, Nigeria. Specifically the study examined the relationship between green selection and organizational performance; green job description and organizational performance and green job orientation and organizational performance of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. Relevant conceptual, theoretical and empirical literature were reviewed. The study was anchored on Dynamic Capabilities Theory. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study was carried out in South-East, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 2090 employees of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. The statistical formula devised by Borg and Gall was employed to determine the sample size of 408. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire. Face and content validity was adopted while, test re-test and Cronbach Alpha method were carried out to achieve reliability of the instrument. Simple percentage analysis was employed to answer the research questions. Pearson product-moment correlation analysis was used in testing hypotheses. The result revealed that all three independent variables have a significant relationship with organizational performance of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-east, Nigeria. The study concluded that green recruitment had a significant positive relationship with organizational performance of food and beverage manufacturing industries in South-East, Nigeria. The study recommended among others, that management of Food and beverage manufacturing industries should consider green job description as a means for employee performance to ensure organizational performance. More so, management of food and beverage manufacturing industries should implement green job orientation for effective sustainability practices that will ensure the ability of future generations of employee to update their self about the present and future of the organization.