The Effect of Digital Tools Enhanced Recruitment and Selection Processes on Organizational Performance with focus on National Research Institutes in South East Nigeria
Keywords:
Digital, Tools, Enhanced, Recruitment, Selection, Performance Research InstituteAbstract
This study investigated the effect of digital tools enhanced recruitment and selection process on organizational performance with focus on National Research Institutes in South East Nigeria. The study was carried out in PRODA and SEDI Enugu, Enugu state. Specifically the study is designed to; examine the effect of social media on prospective employee background check and the performance of PRODA and SEDI, Enugu, ascertain the effect of online job boards in selecting the best candidates and the Performance of PRODA and SEDI in Enugu State. The target population of this study included human resources officers, head of departments, directors who manage human resources and responsible for recruiting and onboarding employee in PRODA AND SEDI Enugu. The total population size of human resource managers in PRODA and SEDI Enugu is 120 employees. In this study, all the population size was sampled for the study because it was manageable. A questionnaire designed by the researchers served as the instrument for collection of data. Data elicited from the respondents were analyzed using simple percentage, while the chi square was employed for testing of the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance with two degree of freedom. The findings of the study revealed that social media has significant positive effect on the background check of prospective employees which invariably affect the performance of PRODA and SEDI, Enugu, online job boards has significant positive effect in recruiting the best candidates which invariably has positive effect on the overall performance of PRODA and SEDI, Enugu, Enugu State. Based on the findings the following recommendations were made, National and Research Institute in South East Nigeria could brace the integration of digital tool enhanced recruitment and selection in order to select the best workforce that will deliver the objectives of the institution and consequently ensure programmatic national and economic development, the government and stakeholder in telecommunication to ensure that infrastructural that support the integration of Digital tools and ICT gadget are put in place.
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