Workplace Deviant Behaviour and Performance of Tertiary Institutions in Edo State, Nigeria

Chinedu Onyeizugbe (Ph.D), Purity Ndubuisi-Okolo (Ph.D) and Robert Ikhuenekhemhe Odia
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Chinedu Onyeizugbe (Ph.D): Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Purity Ndubuisi-Okolo (Ph.D): Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Robert Ikhuenekhemhe Odia: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 09, 889-905

Abstract: This study examined the extent to which workplace deviant behaviour relates to performance in tertiary institutions in Edo State. The objective of this study is to examine the extent of relationship that exists between workplace deviant behaviour and performance in tertiary institutions in Edo State. A total number of 386 copies of structured questionnaire were administered to the respondents domicile in the selected tertiary institutions under study using purposive sampling technique and 300 copies of questionnaire were retrieved from the respondents. This study was guided by one research question and one hypothesis, and the descriptive research design was adopted. The data used was primary data collected through a structured questionnaire. The data collected was prepared using descriptive statistics and the hypothesis was tested using spearman Ranking Correlation with the aid of SPSS version 21. The findings revealed that political deviance has a negative but significant relationship with job satisfaction. The researcher recommends that organizational leaders should ensure that negative political deviant behaviours are reduced to the barest minimum for better performance because political deviance hampers efficient performance, and need to be discouraged in order to ensure job satisfaction in tertiary institutions because negative political deviant behaviours has an inverse relationship with performance.

Date: 2021
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