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Abstract
The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and employee commitment indeposit money banks. Organizational climate as the predictor variable is operationalized using two dimensions (communication and decision making). Employee commitment which is the criterion variable was measured using two components of commitment which include commitment, normative commitment and continuance commitment. The cross-sectional survey design was employed for the study and which had a population of 450 employees of 8 deposit money banks in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. From the population of the study, a sample of 212 employees was selected using simple random sampling technique. Data was collected through the questionnaires personally administered to the respondents. Spearmans Rank Order Correlation Coefficient statistical tool was employed in testing the hypotheses, while partial correlation was used in testing the moderating influence of organizational structure on the relationship between organizational climate and employee commitment. The result of the study showed that there exists a relationship between the dimensions of organizational climate and measures of employee commitment. The study also found that conducive climate enhances employee commitment to the organization in performance and productivity. The study therefore recommended that management should create an enabling environment that will boost employee level of commitment in the banks
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Copyright © 2023 Okpeva Ovonomo Tega . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
