AUTOMATED ATTENDANCE SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEE WORK PERFORMANCE IN OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

This research work is aimed at examining the correlation between automated attendance system and employee work performance of oil and gas sector in Rivers State. Oil and gas sector managers are looking for a strong and reliable means for checking access to their yards by both employees and visitors.  Explanatory research design was adopted, the population is 9837, Taro Yemeni was used to determine the sample size and Spareman Rank Order coreelation was used to test the hypotheses, Many oil and gas firms still make use of manual attendance collection to register the names of persons that have gained entrance into their on a daily bases. Hence, this research work proposes face recognition system for its attendance capturing process to avoid or minimize surface contact. This study adopted the explanatory cross-sectional research survey design with data collected at the micro level; data for analysis was gathered from employees of oil and Gas sector in Rivers State, Nigeria. Creating a good automated attendance system with adequate investment from the government would be of benefit to oil and gas companies in remedying security threats and also in ensuring efficiency and accountability in production processes.