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Abstract:
The wrong man on the wrong job can lead to poor organizational performance and eventual closure or liquidation of the organization. The main objective of this study is to find out the effect of recruitment and selection on employees' performance in Diamond Bank Plc Abuja, FCT. The study made use of survey research design. The entire population of the study is three hundred and forty-four (344) comprising of all the staff of fifteen (15) Diamond bank branches in Abuja. Taro Yamane formula was employed to arrive at a sample size of one hundred and eighty-five (185). The primary source of data was mainly used and out of 185 questionnaires distributed only 129 were retrieved and used for the analysis. Multiple regression and correlation matrix were used to analyse the data. A normality test was also carried out on the data. The e-view statistical software package, excel and SPSS were employed for these purposes. The findings reveal that there is a significant positive relationship between recruitment and employees' performance in Diamond bank Plc branches in Abuja, also there is a significant positive relationship between selection and the performance of employees in Diamond bank branches in Abuja. It was concluded that improvement in the recruitment and selection process in diamond bank plc will improve the performance of employees in Diamond bank branches in Abuja. The study recommends that the management of Diamond bank should pay more attention to the employment agencies being used by the bank for recruitment exercises to ensure that the best candidates are recruited from the beginning as this will improve the performance as well as reduce the high labour turnover being experienced by the bank.
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