Assessment on the Effect of Human Resources Management Practice on Employee Performance in Nigerian Electricity Sector

Human resources management practices are the cradle of achieving efficiency, productivity and improved employee performance in every organization. Organizations that have effective human resources management practice, hire the right people, train them well, create an internal organization that allow them to fully express their potential and reward them appropriately by putting the right incentive in place. This study is Assessment of the Effect of Human Resources Management Practice on employee performance in Nigerian Electricity Sector. The main objective was to assess the Effect of Human Resources Management Practice of recruitment, compensation and training reforms on Employee performance. The data for the study was generated from both primary and secondary sources. The instrument used in the Primary sources was the administration of questionnaire and interview. 331 questionnaires were administered to 331 respondents and 288 were retrieved. Interview was conducted on 20 management staff of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in Edo State. The secondary sources of data include textbooks, journals, Gazettes, circulars, unpublished papers and dissertation. Multistage sampling technique was used in dividing the population of the study while simple random sampling is used in selecting sample size. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analyzing and presenting the data obtained in the studies. Multiple regressions was used in testing the hypothesis. The study discovered that Human Resources Management Practice of recruitment, compensation and training has a positive and significant effect on employee performance in BEDC. It also found that compensation packages in BEDC have helped in boosting the morale and performance of Employees. The study also recommends among others, that deliberate and concerted efforts should be made to ensure that salary earning is stable and as at when due. This will help to retain employee and boost their morale to enhance organizational Performance in general, the management should ensure that needs assessment criteria are judiciously applied