PERSONALITY TRAITS AND FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG WORKERS IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, LAGOS STATE
PERSONALITY TRAITS AND FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG WORKERS IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, LAGOS STATE

Summary/Abstract: FRAUD IS AN EVER-INCREASING CONCERN FOR NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS, WITH EMPLOYEES USING VARIOUS TACTICS TO PERFORM FRAUDULENT ACTS. THE BROAD OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG WORKERS OF COCA-COLA PLC. THE STUDY ADOPTED A SIMPLE SURVEY DESIGN TO COLLECT DATA FROM COCA-COLA PLC IN LAGOS PLANT, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA. THE STUDY POPULATION CONSISTS OF COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY- LAGOS PLANT EMPLOYEES, WHICH WERE ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FOUR (1024), AND A SAMPLE SIZE OF 20% WAS USED FOR THE STUDY TOTALLING 210 PARTICIPANTS. A CONVENIENT SAMPLING METHOD WAS USED TO PICK THE RESPONDENTS. DATA COLLECTED WERE ANALYZED USING THE SIMPLE PERCENTAGE FREQUENCY COUNTS FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, WHILE CORRELATION WAS USED FOR TESTING THE STUDY’S HYPOTHESES. THE RESULTS SHOWED CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, EXTRAVERSION, AGREEABLENESS, AND NEUROTICISM ARE EXPLANATORY PERSONALITY VARIABLES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY CORRELATE WITH FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, LAGOS STATE. THE OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE IS ALSO AN EXPLANATORY PERSONALITY VARIABLE, BUT WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP WITH FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, LAGOS STATE. THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT MOST DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT FIDDLE TENDENCIES AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, LAGOS STATE, AND OTHER FOOD AND BEVERAGE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A CLEARLY DEFINED COMPANY POLICY ON FIDDLE BEHAVIOUR AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. THIS WILL DIRECT THE CONDUCT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TOWARD FIDDLE BEHAVIOURS AND ENHANCE CONDUCTS THAT PURSUE HONEST PRACTICES.

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