IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON PRODUCTIVITY OF DANGOTE CEMENT COMPANY OBAJANA, KOGI STATE

The main objective of this research is to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility on productivity of Dangote Cement Company Obajana, Kogi State. Its specific objective was to look at the effect of economic, social and environmental responsibility on the productivity of Dangote Cement Company Obajana, Kogi State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted; Questionnaires were employed to obtain the required information from the respondents. The sample size was 325, which was derived from the entire population of 1729 using Taro Yamane’s formula. A total of 325 questionnaires were distributed of which 293 questionnaires were completed and returned which served as the basis for data analysis. Data was analyzed using simple percentage tables while Ordinary Least Square regression statistics was used in testing the formulated hypotheses of the study. The finding shows that economic and environmental responsibility has a negative effect but significant impact on productivity of Dangote Cement Company Obajana, Kogi State while Social responsibility had positive significant impact on productivity of Dangote cement company Obajana, Kogi State. Therefore, it is recommended that management should check their economic commitment as it is seen to have adverse effect on the productivity of the company; management should not give room for environmental policy and management of the company should give adequate concern to their social responsibilities, CSR should not be treated as an optional activity rather it should be integrated with long-term business strategy.