EMPLOYEE SEPARATION AND WORK MORALE OF NON-UNIONIZED MONEY DEPOSIT BANKS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between employee separation and work morale in non-unionized money deposit banks in Nigeria. The adopted research design is the cross-sectional survey. one hundred and thirty three (133) participants from ten (10) money deposit banks in Port Harcourt was covered. However, one hundred and thirty (130) questionnaires were collected and utilized for data analysis. The simple random sampling techniques was used in the selection of sample items to avoid bias. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were statistically tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) statistical software version 20. The results of this study revealed that there is a correlation between resignation, retirement, retrenchment and discharge with work morale. Based on the findings, the study recommended that, Management should endeavour to effectively sustain and reduce separation rates through policies that will boost staff morale