AN APPRAISAL OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND WORK COMMITMENT AMONG EMPLOYEES IN SELECTED BANKS IN ADO-EKITI

Abstract

Job satisfaction and work commitment is a general phenomenon that is crucial to the sustainability and growth of any organisations. Thestudy tends to appraise the relationship between job satisfactions and work commitment among employees in selected banks in Ado Ekiti. The study was a descriptive study. The population of the study comprises of all the employees size is a sub-group from a large population in order to make inferences about the characteristics of the large population. The data of the study were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. The data collected was presented in tables of simple percentage to test the research hypotheses using Chi square to enable the research ascertain the effect or influence of the relationship between the variables. The latest version of SPSS was used to analyze theinformation collected from 100 participants through questionnaire. The result shows that Job satisfaction and work commitment goes hand-in-hand. It is very difficult to separate one from the other because it has become the backbone of organizational success and victory. The result showed that there is a very strong relationship between job satisfaction and work commitment in the selected banks with the statistics and P=.000 2 In conclusion, thus, decision makers should incorporate motivational factors promotion) of job satisfaction and work commitment among the employees, thereby having them on the job for a long period of time.