CAREER ASPIRATIONS AND EMPLOYEES’ FRUSTRATIONS IN CORPORATE ORGANIZATION: THE STRATEGIC BALANCE OF HUMAN ENERGY AND TIME MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The complexity of contemporary workplace sometimes results into employees’ frustration, and
without strategic organizational practices to mitigate such frustration, career success and
organizational productivity might be hindered. This study adopted a survey design to examine
perceived employees’ frustrations in relations to career aspirations. Organizational practices
aimed at managing human energy and time across organizations were also explored. A
quantitative instrument containing 32-item questionnaire was used for data collection. The
study’s sample size comprised of 118 employees randomly selected from three economic
cluster in Nigeria across agriculture, industry and service sectors. The findings showed that
employees experienced very little frustration level while a fairly good workplace culture was
reported also. However, the findings showed break time, work flexibility and team bonding as
most commonly engaged workplace strategies for human energy and time management to
enhance healthy work environment against employees’ frustrations. The study recommendeds
that organizations should adopt more contemporary strategies to retain vibrant, high level
employees especially in a tech-driven workplace.