Relationship Between Green Recruitment and Organizational Performance in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Firms in Enugu State

The study evaluated the relationship between green recruitment and organizational performance in food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State. The specific objectives were to: examine the relationship between attracting knowledgeable employees and quality service; evaluate the relationship between retaining skilled employees and the profitability and identify the relationship between recruiting innovative employees on the sales volume of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State. The primary sources were personal interview and the administration of questionnaire. The population of the study was 3884 staff. A stratified sampling method was adopted. The adequate sample size of 350 was determined using Freund and William's statistic formula. 316 staff returned the questionnaire and accurately filled. That gave 94 percent response rate. The validity of the instrument was tested using content analysis and the result was good. The reliability was tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient (r). It gave a reliability coefficient of 0.75 which was also good. Data was presented and analyzed by mean score (3.0 and above agreed while below 3.0 disagreed) and standard deviation using Sprint Likert Scale. The hypotheses were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient (r) statistics tool. The findings indicated that There was positive significant relationship between attracting knowledgeable employees and quality service in food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State as reported in the probability value of (r=.397 < 0.975, p<.05). There was positive significant relationship between retaining skilled employees and the profitability of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State as reported in the probability value of (r=.841 < 0.901, p<.05). There was positive significant relationship between recruiting innovative employees and the sales volume of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State (r = .387 < 0.907, p<.05). The study concluded that attracting knowledgeable employees, retaining skilled employees and recruiting innovative employees had significant relationship with quality service, profitability and the sales volume of food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing firms in Enugu State. The recommended among others that in achieving the goals of the organisation, there is a need to have open application for all to bring in quality employees and have proper selection of candidates