– Arikpo, Esther Bassey PhD & Edoho, Glory Emmanuel
Abstract
The study sought to test the hypothesis that involvement in decision making on staff welfare issues would influence employees’ job performance in private companies. The study area was Cross River State, Nigeria. A sample of 720 employees of private companies in Cross River State participated in the study by completing a questionnaire. Data analysis using the simple linear regression revealed that employees’ job performance was significantly influenced by their participation in welfare-related decision-making. From the finding, the involvement of staff of private companies in decision-making regarding their welfare was recommended.