Banking industry represent a proportion of the service sector in every country and it is widely recognized that they contribute to employment growth. Since business establishments are human organizations, people are very essential in its existence and success. In spite of the efforts being made by the financial industries to improve staff commitment, employees’ motivation is still relatively challenging. This study adopted survey design because it provides the opportunity to describe the variables through the collection of primary data with the use of structured questionnaire. The population of this research is 5,200 employees of national, state and unit banks located across Lagos State, Nigeria. The sample frame from which employees of banks from the five geo-political zones in Lagos State (Badagry, Mainland, Epe, Island, and Ikorodu) were selected regardless of their location in the State. This research work considered all participating banks in Lagos State. Senior and junior staff of participating banks were selected within the framework and a total of one thousand five hundred (1500) respondents were used. A self-constructed and validated instrument titled, Staff Motivation and Employees Commitment in Banks Questionnaire (SMECBQ). This was validated and a reliability test was performed, and the Cronbach’s alpha for the whole instrument is 0.79. The result showed that the questionnaire has a high level of reliability. The results of the findings revealed that The Pearson Correlation of motivation and employees’ job commitment was computed and established as 0.289 (p-value=0.000) showing a weak significant and positive relationship between the two variables. This means that there is a weak positive relationship between motivation and employees’ job commitment in the banks in Lagos State. The study concluded as motivation increases so do employees’ job commitment to the banks. Hence it was recommended that banks should align their reward system with those of other comparable institutions and that the safety and health needs of staff should continue to be addressed particularly for those on the field.
Banking industry, motivation, job commitment, productivity, employees
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