The Influence of Career Commitment on Organizational Commitment among Selected Bankers in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

Abstract

The rate of staff turnover is high in the banking sector in Nigeria, and employers in this industry are often concerned with the commitment of their employees to their respective organizations. Should employers in the banking sector be more focused on improving the commitment of their employees to their career as a way of boosting their overall commitment to the organization? This study aims at assessing the influence of career commitment on organizational commitment among selected bankers in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for the study, while simple random sampling technique was used for the selection of participants. A total of 275 bankers were drawn from Unity Bank plc. The data were collected with a battery of psychological tests, namely: Organizational Commitment Scale (OCS) and Career Commitment Scale (CCS). Pearson product moment correlation and t-test analysis were used to analyze the collected data and to test the three hypotheses proposed in this study at 0.05 level of significant. The results of the findings revealed that career commitment has significant influence on organizational commitment as it accounted for 19% variance in organizational commitment. The correlation coefficient between career commitment and organizational commitment is r = 0.44; P < 0.05, meaning that the higher the employees’ commitment to their career, the higher their commitment to the organization. Furthermore the independent t-test confirms that there is a significant difference in organizational commitment of employees who are less committed to their career and those who are highly committed to their career.  Finally, the study concluded by recommending that efforts should be put in place by management to improve employees commitment to their career in order to boost their commitment to the organization, increase productivity, and organizational effectiveness.

Keywords: Organizational commitment, Employees, Career  commitment, Bank