Human Resource Management Strategy In Non-Unionized Banking Institutions In Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to identify specific human resource management strategies, which have implications for organizational performance within an economic market and their non-union stance. The research analyses employee/employer relationship in non-unionized banks in Nigeria, and examines the use of the Human Resource Management Strategy (HRMS) as a union avoidance technique. Human Resource Management Strategy on the one hand and the absence of trade unions in these banks on the other hand, and the cumulative effect of these on Industrial Relations in banks in Nigeria are outlined in this research work.

The universe for the study is the entire banking sector in Nigeria. The population for the study was the entire non-unionised banking sector of the Nigerian economy. Unionised banks were also included in the study. This methodology was adopted in order to be able to carry out a comparative analysis. The focus however is on the non-unionized sub sector. One therefore concentrated on the employees of the non-unionized banking institutions operating in Nigeria as at 31" of December 1996. In view of the constraints of essential resources, it became imperative to obtain a sample of the population. The sample for this research work was obtained from fifteen banking organizations against five organizations that were used in the preliminary study and discussed later on in Chapter Four of the research work.