ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA
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climate, industry, employee, managementAbstract
This work aimed at examining the relationship between organizational climate and employee engagement in banks in Nigeria. The cross-sectional survey was used in this study. A total of 384 employees from 21 selected deposit money banks formed the population of the study. A sample size of 196 employees was derived. The systematic sampling technique in selection of sample items. The Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient was used to test the relationship between organizational climate and employee engagement. The findings revealed a positive relationship between organizational climate employee engagement. Thus, the study concluded that enhancing organizational climate would positively improve the level of engagement of the employees. The study recommended among others that the management of banks in Nigeria should ensure a conducive organisational climate in the industry to contain the engagement of the employees in the industry.
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