FLEXIBLE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN MONEY DEPOSIT BANKS IN RIVERS STATE

Author(s): Nna-Emmanuel, S.W
Page: 97 - 110
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Publisher: The Creek Journals
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Keywords: Organizational policies; work-life balance; Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitments

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The purpose of this study was to x-ray flexible work environment and the affective commitment of employees in commercial banks in Rivers State Three (3) hypotheses guided the study. Correlational survey design was adopted. The population of the study comprises of all operation staff in a branch of each commercial bank in Rivers State. A total of eighteen banks were used, and the total number of operation staff in these banks is 172. A total of 116 operation staff were selected as sample for the study using the Krejcie and Morgan table. Based on a total sample size of 116. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument and an overall coefficient of 0.76 was obtained. Data collected were all imputed into SPSS version 21, Pearson’s product moment correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. All hypotheses were rejected and alternative hypothesis stated as P-values were less than 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that flexible resumption time, compressed work week and remote working have a strong positive relationship with the affective commitment of employees in money deposit banks in River State. It was recommended that Management of Banks should put in place flexible work environments that allows for flexible resumption time, compressed work week and remote working to enable workers take care of some personal needs, which would in turn make them committed to the organization.

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Nna-Emmanuel, S.W "FLEXIBLE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN MONEY DEPOSIT BANKS IN RIVERS STATE" Volume 1 Issue 1 Oct, 2025