LASU Journal of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
(LJERHRM)
ISSN: 2705-3482
Volume 4, No. 1, 2023
Pages 204-217
DOI: 10.36108/ljerhrm/3202.04.0141
Generational Cohort Differences and Employee’s Commitment in Dangote Flour Mills Plc
Tinuke Moradeke FAPOHUNDA, PhD
Department of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Faculty of Management Sciences,
Lagos State University, Ojo. Lagos.
Foluso Ilesanmi JAYEOBA, PhD
Department of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Faculty of Management Sciences,
Lagos State University, Ojo. Lagos.
Tope-Philips AIKHUEMELO, DBA
FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc
Lagos State, Nigeria.
Abstract
This study investigated generational cohort differences and commitment among employees of Dangote Flour Mills Plc. Specifically, it examined the differences in the affective, normative and continuance commitment of baby boomers, Generation X and Generation Y employees in Dangote Flour Mills Plc. The study used the descriptive survey research design. With the aid of the purposive sampling technique, 152 respondents were selected and copies of questionnaires were administered to them. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 significance level using the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics. Results of tested hypotheses showed that there exist a significant difference in the affective commitment of the three generational cohorts [F(2, 122) = 3.178, p<0.05]. Hypothesis two revealed that there exist no significant difference between in the normative commitment of the three generational cohorts [F(2, 122) = 1.263, p>0.05]. Also, hypothesis three showed that there exist a significant difference in the continuance commitment of the three generational cohort [F(2, 122) = 4.301, p<0.05]. Consequently, this study concluded that an understanding of generational cohorts’ values, and other divergent generational attitudes that affects’ employees’ commitment will ostensibly guide managers and leaders of organisations. Therefore, it recommended amongst others that management of Dangote Flour Mills Plc should increase awareness of generational differences and improve communication between the generations of employees with sensitivity to one another’s differences with a view to improving the workplace environment for everyone.
Keywords: Generational Cohort Differences, Employee Commitment, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y