Transportation Facilities and Employee Engagement of Commercial Banks in the South-South, Nigeria
Vol.6 Issue 1
This study investigated the relationship between transportation facilities and employee engagement in commercial banks in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was sourced through structured questionnaire. The population for the study was four hundred and forty (440) employees of five (5) commercial banks in South-South, Nigeria. The sample size of 210 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The research instrument was validated through by experts as provided by supervisors vetting and approval while the reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring coefficients above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The findings emanating from the tested hypotheses revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between transportation facilities and employee engagement in commercial banks in South-South, Nigeria. The study recommends that management of commercial banks should issue car loans or provide official cars, staff buses and monitoring vehicles to ensure the safety and transit security of their staff as well as cater for their transportation costs to give them a sense of belonging.
