ANIEMEKA, IJEOMA GRACE, Ph.D.
Department of Public Administration, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, Nigeria
Author’s email: ijayaniemeka@gmail.com
Abstract
In any work organization, conflict is inevitable between employer and employees, the effect however is determined by how these conflicts are handled. The work titled: industrial conflict, employee commitment and productivity in the Nigerian educational system, resting on content analysis of study and the bargaining and accidental theory, investigated the nexus between industrial conflict, employee commitment and productivity within the educational setting. The research found out that the industrial conflict had deflected the commitment of the operators of the educational system, especially the tertiary level, thereby reducing the rate of productivity. Turnover of best brain has also jumped high. Consequently we recommended industrial democracy with clear sincerity in handling industrial dispute in the system.
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