Abstract

Employee performance is pivotal to all business enterprises in both developed and developing economies. In the development of human resources, the performance of an employee is needed to achieve employee performance itself and also for the success of the organization, therefore, improving the performance of these employees is not only of benefits to the organization but also for the employees themselves because with good performance, organizations can achieve better level of employee career development. Hence, this study examined job analysis and employees performance in Julius Berger Nigeria plc as a construction firm in Nigeria. This study was anchored on the Hackman and Oldham job characteristics model (JCM). The population of the study consist of 675 employees of Julius Berger Nigeria plc, Ijora, Lagos State. Sample size of 217 employees were used which involved 147 junior level staff, 83 middle level staff, 40 senior level staff and 25 management level staff. Stratified sampling technique and simple random techniques were used in the study. Findings revealed that job analysis was positively significant with employee performance and as a result there was a positive significant effect of job analysis, job description and job specification on employee performance in Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. Lagos State; also, there exist a direct relationship between job analysis, job description, job specification and employees performance. The study concluded that job analysis is the hub and the building blocks for the effective and efficient achievement of organization’s corporate goals. It was therefore recommended that strict adherence to strategic job analysis should be put as a hub into human resource planning policies and practices for the right persons with the right competencies, skills and abilities to be recruited and trained to ensure optimal performance and high level of productivity.