Deposit money banks, crucial for mobilizing surplus resources, are experiencing subpar employee performance due to a lack of job autonomy, most notably in Lagos State, despite their economic importance. The study examined the effect of job autonomy on employee timeliness of deposit money banks in some selected local government areas in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The study population consisted of 1395 regular employees of deposit money banks in 10 selected Local Government areas in Lagos State, Nigeria. Taro Yamane was used to determine the sample size of 403 regular employees. A self-structured questionnaire was used and data was collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire with a Cronbach alpha value greater than 0.7. The response rate was 95%. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential tools. Findings revealed that job autonomy has a significant effect on employee timeliness (R=0.211, Adjusted R2 = 0.042, ß = 0.227, t = 2.208, P < 0.05). The study concluded that job autonomy affected the employees' timeliness of deposit money banks in the selected local government areas, suggesting how relevant and important it is to take job autonomy into account when attempting to improve the timeliness of employees. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that a strong focus should be on creating job autonomy as a means to enhance employee timeliness by creating room for suggestions, encouraging employee creativity, and allowing employees to handle task challenges independently.
Employee Performance, Employee Timeliness, Job Autonomy
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