TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page    -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        i        

Declaration -         -        -        -        -        -        -        -        ii

Certification          -        -        -        -        -        -        -        iii

Dedication   -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        iv      

Acknowledgment  -        -        -        -        -        -        -        v       

Table of Contents -        -        -        -        -        -        -        viii

Abstract      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        xiv

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1     Background of the Study -        -        -        -        -        -        1

1.2     Statement of the Problem -        -        -        -        -        -        6

1.3     Objectives of the Study   -        -        -        -        -        -        9

1.4     Research Questions         -        -        -        -        -        -        9

1.5     Research Hypotheses      -        -        -        -        -        -        10

1.6     Significance of the Study -        -        -        -        -        -        11

1.7     Scope of the Study -        -        -        -        -        -        -        11

1.8     Limitation of study         -        -        -        -        -        -        11

1.9     Definition of key Concepts       -        -        -        -        -        12

CHAPTER TWO:   LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FRAME WORK

2.1     Literature Review -        -        -        -        -        -        -        14

2.1.1  Recruitment          -        -        -        -        -        -        -        14

2.1.2  Organisational Effectiveness     -        -        -        -        -        23

2.2     Theoretical Frame Work -        -        -        -        -        -        27

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1     Research Design    -        -        -        -        -        -        -        34

3.2     Population of Study        -        -        -        -        -        -        35

3.3     Sample and Sampling Procedure         -        -        -        -        35

3.4     Sources of Data Collection       -        -        -        --       -        35

3.5     Instrument of Data Collection   -        -        -        -        -        36

3.6     Validity and Reliability of Research Instrument      -        -        36

3.7     Method of Data Analysis          -        -        -        -        -        36

 

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

4.1              Data Presentation and Analysis -        -        -        -        38

4.2              Test of Hypotheses         -        -        -        -        -        53

4.3              Discussion of Findings    -        -        -        -        -        56

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

5.1     Summary    -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        58

5.2     Conclusion -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        59

5.3     Recommendation -        -        -        -        -        -        -        61

          References  -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        63

          Appendices -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        67

LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1: Distribution of Respondents by Sex       -        -        -        38

Table 4.2: Distribution of Respondents by Marital Status -        -        38

Table 4.3: Distribution of Respondents by Age       -        -        -        39

Table 4.4: Distribution of Respondents by Educational Status    -        40

Table 4.5: Distribution of Respondents by Religion -        -        -        41

Table 4.6: Distribution of Respondents by Rank/Position -        -        42

Table 4.7: Distribution of Respondents by Income -        -        -        43

Table 4.8:   Distribution of Respondents Showing Years of Work at Nigerian Immigration Service         -        -        -        -        43

Table 4.9: Perception on Types of Programmes Undergone in

                  Nigerian Immigration Service    -        -        -                  44

Table 4.10: Perception if Recruitment Improve Efficiency in

          Nigerian Immigration Service   -        -        -        -        -        46

Table 4.11: Perception of Respondents on Whether Recruitment was Fair                                                              -        -        46

Table 4.12: Perception on Reasons for Unfair Recruitment -      -        48

Table 4.13: Perception on Nigerian Immigration Service Management Strategies    -        -          -        -        -        -                  48

Table 4.14: Perception on Needs to Improve Recruitment Strategies-   49

Table 4.15: Perception on Management Importance to Strategic Recruitment -        -        -          -        -        -        -        49

Table 4.16:   Perception on Management New Innovations for Recruitment  -        -        -        -        -        -        50

Table 4.17: Perception on after Training and Organizational Goals      50

Table 4.18: Perception on Management Incorporation of Training New Recruit      -        -          -        -        -        -        -        51

Table 4.19: Perception on adequacy of Recruitment Programmes in Nigerian Immigration Service        -        -        -        -        52

Table 4.20: Perception on Goal Achievement and Effectiveness in the Nigerian Immigration Service        -        --       -        -        52

Table 4.2.1: The relationship between recruitment patterns        and effectiveness in the Nigerian Immigration Service  --       53

Table 4.2.2: The relationship between recruitment pattern and organizaitonal goals of the Nigerian Immigration Service   55

 

ABSTRACT

For an organisation to be able to function properly in other to achieve its original set out objectives which brought about its establishment, one of the major things to put into consideration is the recruitment strategies or pattern to adopt in order to acquire capable employees or work force who have the potentials that fits into what the organisation needs in other to attain organisational effectiveness. Recruitment strategies contribute to the goal achievement and organisational efficiency of an organisation because an organisation's most important asset is its human resources (Work force), its successes or failures lies on them. In the Nigerian Immigration service as an organisation, certain recruitment strategies are employed in order to recruit suitable candidates to run the operations of the service. The main aim of this study is to examine the significant role recruitment strategies plays in achieving organisatonal effectiveness in Nigerian immigration service, Akwa Ibom State as a case study analysis. This study is anchored on the precept of the goal setting theory, and the findings of the study shows that recruitment strategies plays vital role in Organisational effectiveness and goals in the Nigerian immigration service with the following recommendations: The study advocates that recruitment processes should be participatory, it should go beyond  the personnel management departments to involving other managers in the organisation, Recruitment should also follow the normal process of planning in that case which makes for efficiency and elimination of uncertainties. Newly recruited employees should be assessed, evaluated, and appraised based on their job, and personnel administrators should motivate and encourage workers to put in more efforts in order to achieve the objectives of the organisation.