Workplace Ostracism and Performance of Logistics Companies in South West Nigeria

Abstract

The broad objective is to ascertain the extent of relationship between Workplace Ostracism and Employee Performance of Logistics Companies in South West, Nigeria. The specific objective is to ascertain the extent of relationship between Workplace Deviant Behavior and Employee Engagement. The study was anchored Perceived Organizational Support Theory by Eisenberger, Huntington, Hutchinso and Sowa (1986). Sixty Haulage Logistics companies was selected from Lagos, Oyo and Ogun, the Population of the Study is 4,560, sample size of 380 and Pearson Moment Correlations Co-efficient was used to analyze the data. It was revealed through the findings that there is a significant positive relationship between Workplace Deviant Behavior and Employee Engagement since Cal.r.087 >Crit.r.691). The study concludes that Workplace Ostracism has a significant positive relationship with Employee Performance and the study recommends that Policies/ procedure should be provided to curb unprofessional behavior, thus increase employee performance.