ABSTRACT

This study examined the Employee relations on organizational productivity. The objectives was to find the rate at which employee relations in the banking sector affect organizational productivity; examine the effect of employee supervision on organizational productivity; determine if  employee recognition affect organizational productivity , and ascertain the extent to which employee decision making influence organizational productivity. This study has a total population of 100 being the total staff strength of various United Bank for Africa branches in   Benin City, Edo state and a sample size of 80 was selected.

Based on the hypotheses, multiple regression technique was used to estimate the effect of employees’ relations on organizational productivity in Nigeria. The research questions raised for the study was answered using descriptive statistics of frequency counts and mean scores. The statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) 20.0 was used to analyze the data. The findings from the study showed that there is a significant relationship between employee relations and workplace productivity in UBA.  It was then recommended that the organization management should improve the working condition to create a good conducive environment for employees; The organization should employ best human resource management practices to achieve consistently improving results in their organizational productivity. Motivation increases morale at work; the organization should improve relations with their employees and communication within the organization which will allow employees to interchange ideas, feelings and opinions with management; the organization should employ best human resource management practices to achieve consistently improving results in their organizational productivity, and that the organization should have a formal and well established grievance and disciplinary procedure to deal with any complaints by the staff.