Abstract:
The study assessed the effect of internal and external recruitment in Nigeria Lottery Regulatory Commission, Abuja adopting the survey research design using the questionnaire to answer the questions administered to a sample size of 320 derived from a population of 1600 workers of the commission using Taro Yamane formulae. Multiple regression, correlation and SPSS statistical software to analyse the data. The major finding revealed that there was a significant impact of recruitment on productivity in the national lottery regulatory commission. Other findings were that both internal and external recruitment have positive and significant effect on productivity in the National lottery and regulatory commission, Abuja Headquarter. The study recommended that National Lottery and Regulatory Commission, Abuja Headquarter should continue with internal recruitment methods of employee’s referral and employees transfer since they are effective in the organization but should improve on job posting and employees promotion even if they are ineffective for now but in the future, they may be effective in the organization.
