(Publication of International journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Reviews, 2014-06-23) 38. Ugochukwu, R. U and Mustapha, R. O.
Writings and Researches in the recent past have scored Nigerian public Enterprises’ Productivity low.
This paper’s attempt to unmask the root cause of the unfortunate status revealed that Leadership style collaborated amongst others, with corruptions; Defective Recruitment and Selection processes together with poor attitude of Nigerian workers and Frustrating bureaucratic bottlenecks to contribute in no small measures to the status. However, the productivity could be enhanced if Regular Performance Appraisal, Motivation and appropriate placement of personnel/discipline could be enforced.