EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATION PRACTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. A STUDY OF EMENITE LIMITED, ENUGU NORTH, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA.

This study determined the effect of industrial relation practices on the organizational performance of Emenite Limited, Enugu, Enugu State. Other specific objectives are to: determine the effect of collective bargaining on the effectiveness of Emenite Limited, Enugu, Enugu State. Examine the effect of conflict resolution practices on the profitability of Emenite Limited, Enugu, Enugu State. Research questions and hypotheses were formulated in line with the objectives. One major reason for the incessant industrial actions in Nigeria today is due to lack of good salary review policy that would be in line with changes in some macroeconomic factors such as prices of goods and services, and inflation. The population of the study is eighty-five staff of Emenite Limited Having analysed the distributed 79 questionnaires, descriptive survey approach was adopted and analysed using regressions with the help of SPSS version 22.0. The study revealed that are positive and significant effect of conflict resolution practices on profitability of Emenite and, there are positive and significant strategies that could be used to manage industrial relations conflicts in Emenite Limited, Enugu, Enugu State. The study concluded that industrial relations in Nigeria do not fall into any known pure pattern bipartite, voluntarism, or tripartite. They exhibit the characteristics of all the systems. Yet none can emphatically say that they are progressive and conducive to achieve the objectives of the industry and the economy. The study recommends that parties to industrial relations disputes should endeavour to demonstrate more sincerity in their collective bargaining procedures as one of the strategies. The usual attempt by government and management heads to repudiate agreements it reached through collective bargaining with employees at will should be discouraged for harmonious industrial relations to exist.