Abstract

The study examined the determinant of job performance in Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling was used to select 93 out of 600 respondents for the study. Data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results reveal that the mean age of the employees was 33yearswith standard deviation of 10.9 majority (50.5%)were male, 43.0% had B.Sc., and 74.2% of the employees were married. Major factors affecting employee?s job performance were: inadequate resources (x= 3.70), poor selection of staff (x= 3.61), poor leadership (x= 3.53), inadequate and improper budgetary allocation (x= 3.52), discrimination (x= 3.49), and lack of transparency (x= 3.42). Major job performance indicators were: training oversea (x= 4.27), delight in their current job (x= 4.18) and employees find enjoyment in their job (x= 4.10). The results also show that coefficient value of challenges (-0.095), age (-0.027), year of experience (0.083) and income (-0.019) were variable influencing employee?s job performance. The study concluded that the economy of the country and inadequate resources and training overseas had great effect on the job performance of the employees. Availability of resources and oversea training of staff should be encouraged by management of the institution.

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