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    Employee Morale and Productivity in selected Small and Medium Enterprise Lagos South West Nigeria
    (Lead City University, 2022-12) Denton-Adesiyan, Funmilola
    This study investigated investigates the effect of employee morale on productivity in selected SMEs, in Lagos, Nigeria. This was for the purpose of ascertaining the influence of team spirit, compensation, motivational factor, employees` morale on productivity in selected SMEs, in Lagos, Nigeria. The descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. A total of 400 small medium enterprises (SMEs) business organizations were selected for the study using purposive sampling technique. For data collection, the researcher utilizes sets of questionnaire titled, Employee Morale and Productivity in selected SMEs in Lagos state, Nigeria. The Simple frequency count, Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used for data analysis. The finding of the study revealed that level of perception on employee morale in the SMEs is of moderate type with the weighted average mean of (2.88). Also, motivation, team spirit have negative effect on productivity in the selected SME. Besides, compensation has positive effect on product quality enhancement in the selected SMEs and employee morale constituted impendent to a high extent to productivity in the selected SMEs. Based on the findings of the study; it is recommended that the employees working environment which embraces organizational support programmes, training and development, substantive welfare package and conducive socio-political environment should be provided for employees. This will definitely facilitate improved employees’ morale and increased productivity at workplace. Keywords: Employee morale, motivation, teamspirit, productivity SMEs, Lagos state