标题：Employeе voice: speaking up in organisation as a correlate of employee productivity in oil and gas industry - an empirical investigation from Nigeria
摘要：The understanding and interpretation of voice have been given critical attention among
researchers, practitioners in recent years. The firm believes of the workforce that they can openly
express their personal opinion and concerns to higher authority in the organisation, and who believe
that they can influence the decision, are likely to demonstrate optimistic attitude and constructive
behaviours. The study surveyed 1067 employees of Nigerian oil and gas and 902 respondents were
returned and used for the study. Data were obtained from the participants using a questionnaire of 19
question items by means of probability sampling strategy, while the research design was crosssectional.
The findings of the study indicate a coherent and consistent one with literature. The study
employed eight dimensions as drivers of employee voice in the Nigeria oil and gas industry which
discovered mixed outcomes. One of the drivers is the communication/exchange of views which had
an inverse association with employee productivity. Employee collective representation and
employee engagement also recorded an insignificant relationship with employee productive work
behaviour. However, employee participation, improved management systems, employee supervisorsubordinate
relationship, workforce contribution and upward problem solving were significantly
correlated with employee productive work behaviour. The study used descriptive statistics and
Pearson moment correlation in analysing the data gathered from the participants and concluded that
workforce of Nigerian oil and gas are not deeply engaged with the workplace environment due to the
observed challenge of not allowing them to be duly represented and discourage them from
exchanging their views and ideas.
