Participative Management and Employees' Commitment in Industrial Organizations in Calabar, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the impact of participative management on employees' commitment in Niger Mills Nigeria Limited and Cross River State Water Board Corporation, Calabar, Nigeria. The study elicited data from 560 respondents using structured questionnaire. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested to in this study. The test statistics was Pearson product moment correlation (r). Findings revealed that workers participation in decision making, their independence and exposure to organizational information significantly influence their commitment to work. The paper recommends among others, that, management of industrial organizations should make administrative policies that are guided by the philosophy of participative management.