Employee Voice and Workers Commitment in Nigerian Workplace

This study examined the effect of Employee Voice on Workers Commitment in the Banking Industry in Nigeria. Seven research questions and seventeen hypotheses were proposed to test the relationship between Employee Voice and Workers Commitment. The quantitative research data was gathered with the aid of a five point likert scale questionnaire distributed to 357 employees, which is the corresponding sample size for the population of 5000 employees using Krejcie and Morgan's Sample size determination. All the variables used for the study had a Cronbach Alpha above 0.7. With the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software, the Spearman Rank Order Coefficient was used to test fifteen out of the seventeen hypotheses. Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the remaining two hypotheses. The results of the study revealed that Joint Consultation has a significant positive effect on workers Affective Commitment; Internal Attitude Survey and Suggestion Scheme has a significant positive effect on employee's Continuance and Normative Commitment; while Quality Circle and Team Briefing has a significant Positive effect on employee's Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitmen

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Tarela Okpu is a lecturer in the department of Business Administration, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island Amassoma, Nigeria. She has a Ph.D in Human Resource Management.