Effects of Motivation on Employees Job Commitment in the Nigerian Banking Industry: An Empirical analysis

摘要

The purpose of this study was to provide a holistic view of workers attitudes and perception of the various motivational factors, as well as, examines the perceived effects of management use of motivation on workers job commitment in the Nige rian banking industry. The empirical study was conducted via a survey on (six) 6, out of the 22 Nigerian banks licensed by the Centr al Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as at the time of this survey. Using the frameworks from Parker (2001) , factors manifesting employe e's job commitment were regressed on the key factors manifesting successful motivation. However, the model contrived was estimated using multivariate analysis, via regression technique. T here was sufficient evidence to conclude that successful Motivational factors/policy had positive effects on employee job commitment in Nigerian banks, with majority of the respondents unanimously indicated good salaries and fringe benefits as their best source of motivation, while opportunity to some form of ownership sche me and increased responsibility/authority followed in that order.