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Does Adoption of Six-Sigma Moderate Employees Involvement in Organizational Process: Evidence From Nigeria

Emmanuel K. Agbaeze, Okafor I. Godwin, Geoffrey O. Ekoja, Joseph Obamen, Benjamin I. Chukwu

This study examines the effect of Six-Sigma adoption on the employee involvement in organizational process. The study specifically determines the influences of Six Sigma approach on employee’s involvement in organizational process. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted and the multistage sampling technique was utilized to select sample of 528 top and middle management staff from total of twenty randomly selected medium scale manufacturing firms in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. The study recorded 100% returning rate of the administered instrument. The data collected were analyzed using mean rating, while t-test was used for testing of formulated hypothesis. The study found that the adoption of Six-Sigma influenced the employee’s involvement in organizational process. Informed by this finding, the study concluded that Six-Sigma positively improved the employee’s involvement in organizational process. It was recommended that there should be more involvement of employees in the organizational activities and this should be supported with effective training of staff and supervisor on the implementation of Six Sigma.

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