Job design and behavioural out come of employees in agricultural research training, Ibadan, Nigeria

Osibanjo, Adewale Omotayo and Abiodun, A. J. and Salau, Odunayo Paul and Adeniji, A. A. and Falola , Hezekiah Olubusayo and Alimi, I. I. (2018) Job design and behavioural out come of employees in agricultural research training, Ibadan, Nigeria. Data in Brief, 19. ISSN 2352-3409

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Abstract

This studyfocusedontherelationshipbetweenjobdesignand behaviouraloutcomesofemployeesinAgriculturalResearch Training,Ibadan,OyoState,Nigeria.Thestudywasquantitative and theitemsinthequestionnairewereadaptedfromprevious studies. Atotalof227respondentsweresurveyedandstatistical regressionmodelswereusedtoexaminetherelationshipbetween the independentvariables(jobdesign)anddependentvariables (employeebehaviouraloutcomes).The findings showedthat14.4% of thevarianceinjobdesigndimensionscanexplainthevariance in employeebehaviouraloutcome.Themodelrevealedthattask identity,senseofautonomyandskillvarietyhadmorestatistical significance inpredictingemployeebehaviouraloutcome,record- ing thehighestbetavaluethanothervariablessuchastasksig- nificance andfeedbackmechanisms.Themodelindicatesthatthe strength ofregressionweightsofpathshasastrongdirection

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Taskidentity Autonomy Feedback Skill variety Tasksignificance Behaviour Design
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2019 10:07
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2019 10:07
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12775

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