LASU Journal of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
(LJERHRM)
ISSN: 2705-3482
Volume 1, No. 1, December 2018
Pages 145-155
DOI: 10.36108/ljerhrm/8102.01.0171
THE INFLUENCE OF LOCUS OFCONTROL,GENDER AND JOB CADRE ONORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONGNIGERIAN INSURANCE WORKERS
AKINTAYO Olufemi Akinwumi (PhD, FISN, FITD)
oakintayo@unilag.edu.ng
Abstract
The study examines the influence of locus of control, gender and job cadre on Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction among Nigerian Insurance workers. The objectives of the research were to examine the influence of gender, job cadre and locus of control on Organisational Commitment and Job Satisfaction. To achieve these objectives, data were collected from 600 workers from six insurance companies using three standardized psychological instruments with appropriate psychometric properties. The instruments used are: Nowicki -Strickland Locus of Control Scale (N – SLCS), Organisational Commitment Scale (OCS), Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and Biographical Information Questionnaire (BIQ). The participants consisted of 247 males and 353 females with age between 21 and 65 years. They were randomly selected from the six companies. The sample consisted of senior and junior workers evenly distributed across the companies. The workers responded to the three instruments and biographical questionnaire used for the study and their responses were subjected to statistical analysis using the SPSS. Means and standard deviations were calculated to obtain descriptive results. One-way ANOVA andT-tests were carried out to obtain inferential results. The results showed that the variables under study correlated with each other significantly. In conclusion, there are no significant differences between male and female managers and job cadre (senior and junior managers) in most of the variables in the organisations under study. Based on these findings, recommendations were made on how to increase Nigerian workers’ organisational commitment and job satisfaction
Keywords: Gender, Job cadre, Job satisfaction, Locus of control