Contextualizing Durkheimism in Contemporary Industrial Relations Practice in Nigeria

Abstract

The human capital perhaps is the most powerful element of production. While the advanced economies have learnt to explore it to their own gain, the South-Pole economies are yet to emerge. This probably is hinged on the claim that economies of nations are powerful on the basis of their production chain. The capacity of the people to produce for the rest of the world rests on the fact that their work place environment is friendly. In other words, the human capacity to work thrives in a warm friendly environment. It then follows that many workers in Nigeria are fast resigning from their work due to the work place condition. For some others who yet retain their work place, they do not add to the industrial desk. The consequence of this is that the production chain of the country is affected. This paper then intends to explicate the relevance of Durkheimism in the practice of industrial relations in Nigeria. With the use of content analysis, the conclusion reached is that there is the all-time truth that human and work place relationship co-exists.