THE INFLUENCE OF STRIKE ACTION ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY. (A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA)

ABSTRACT
The influence of strike action on employee‟s performance and productivity. Strike generally could be defined as the refusal to work by employees of an establishment to protest from certain inadequacies in their conditions of service. Strike is a work stoppage caused by mass refusal of employee to work. To solve this research problem, the workers should be given their pride of place and be put in the “hall of fames” because the workers are the light house of the world who should be given their salaries promptly, given them incentives, make sure they are satisfied job-wise so as to be more dedicated thereby producing good giants who will uplift the tone of the nation within and outside the nation. The society itself could solve this contemporary problem of strikes, the financial gain is not coming in thousand; frustration is being meted to the workers from the citizenry. The design of the study used for this study was survey design. The population put together is 12,000 and the sample size is 746.
The instrument used for data collection is the questionnaire and interview. The instrument for data analysis is Chi-square method of testing of hypothesis and simple percentages of analyzing the tables.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page - - - - - - - - - - i
Approval page - - - - - - - - ii
Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iii
Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - iv
Abstract - - - - - - - - - - v
Table of contents - - - - - - ix
List of contents - - - - - - - - - iix

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study - - - - - - - 4
1.2 Statement of Research Problem - - - - - 7
1.3 Objectives of the study - - - - - - - 8
1.4 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 9
1.5 Scope of the study - - - - - - - - 9
1.6 Limitations of the study - - - - - - - 10
1.7 Research questions - - - - - - - - 11
1.8 Statement of the hypothesis - - - - - - 11
1.9 Definition of Terms - - - - - - - - 12
1.10 Theoretical frame work - - - - - - - 11

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW - - - - 13

CHAPTER THREE: RESREACH DESIGN METHODOLOGY - 42
3.1 Design of the study - - - - - - - 42
3.2 Area of the study - - - - - - - - 42
3.3 Population of study - - - - - - - - 43
3.4 Sampling procedure - - - - - - - 44
3.5 The sample - - - - - - - - - 45
3.6 Research instrument - - - - - - - 45
3.7 Data collection - - - - - - - - 46
3.8 Method of data analysis - - - - - - - 46
3.9 procedure for testing of hypothesis - - - - - 46

CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 47

CHAPTER FIVE: Summary Of Findings, Discussions, Conclusion, Recommendations, Implication, Limitations.
5.1 Summary of findings - - - - - - - 78
5.2 Discussions - - - - - - - - - 78
5.3 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - 80
5.4 Recommendation - - - - - - - - 81
5.5 Implication - - - - - - - - - 82
5.6 Limitation - - - - - - - - - 84
5.7 Suggestions for further study - - - - - - 85
BIBLIOGRAPHY - - - - - - - - 86
Appendices - - - - - - - - - 87
Questionnaire - - - - - - - - - 88