2023 |
Volume 12 |
Issue 3
Enhancing Procurement Performance through Change Management in Nigeria
1.
Irem Collins Okechukwu
– Department Of Banking & Finance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
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Friday Ogbu Edeh
– Department Of Banking & Finance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
3.
Ekwunife Faith Chinyere
– Department Of Banking & Finance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
4.
Ifeoma Gloria Duruzor
– Department Of Banking & Finance, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Received
18-Mar-2024
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Accepted
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Published
18-Mar-2024
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Abstract
Managers, supervisors and other organisational leaders have been searching for approaches as well as methodologies that can enhance procurement performance in the organisation. Thus, to proffer a solution to management’s challenge, this study investigates the effect of change management on procurement performance using a cross-sectional research design. Five road construction companies were surveyed with purposive sampling. The population of the study is 1800 workers from five road construction companies. A sample size of 123 was determined with Krejcie and Morgan (1970) formula. Thereafter, 123 questionnaires were distributed but 119 copies were returned and found valid for analysis. The questionnaire served as an instrument for data collection. Formulated research hypotheses were analysed with linear regression while respondents’ demographic profiles were analysed with frequency distribution. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (25.0) was used as statistical software. The results of the study revealed that change management predicted procurement performance. The research concludes that change management that is characterised by process change and attitude towards change enhances the procurement performance of selected road construction enterprises in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study recommended that managers of construction firms should deploy process change and attitude towards change to effectively implement change management which would increase procurement performance of the workplace.
Keywords Procurement, Procurement Performance, Change Management, Nigeria
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