Employees Voice and High-Performance Work System: Insights from Ondo State Ministry of Education

This study investigated employees’ voice from the purview of high-performance working system in the Ministry of Education Ondo State, Nigeria with the objective of examining the effect of promotive employee voice on employees’ participation in Ondo State Ministry of Education. The study was descriptive in nature and employed a survey research design. The multistage style of sampling method was utilized with a total of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents participated. Findings revealed that promotive employees’ voices significantly affect high performance work system in with (R2 0.829>0.5) and prohibitive employee voice shares significant relationship with high performance work system with (r= 0.715, p-value<0.05). The study concluded that high-performance work system brings efficiency and allows organisations to gain competitive edge but this cannot be achieved alone without giving employees the voice to adequately participate and provide suggestions as stakeholders in the organisation. The study recommended that employees should be recognised as stakeholders and give cognizance to their contributions to stimulate creativity and ensure autonomy at work.