Management Succession and Workers Engagement in Commercial Banks in Nigeria
This study examined the relationship between management succession and worker engagement in commercial banks in Nigeria. Management succession as the predictor variable and worker engagement as the criterion variable with the following: worker vigour, worker dedication, and worker absorption as measures. The social exchange theory formed the theoretical bases for the study. The cross-sectional correlational survey was adopted for this study. Data were generated using structured questionnaire from a total of 223 workers from a population of 1200 workers of the Tier one banks’ regional headquarters in the south-south of Nigeria. These banks are Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, First Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Zenith Bank. The inferential statistics of Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation was used to test the bivariate hypotheses. These were achieved with using the computer-based programme – Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. The results showed management succession correlate with worker engagement measures. It was concluded that the adoption and practice of management succession advance outcomes which motivate and as such fosters feelings of placement and belonging in workers and contributes towards improved levels of worker engagement in commercial banks in the south-south of Nigeria. It was recommended that the management succession policies and practice in the organization should be used as a means of achieving worker engagement.
