Family-Friendly Human Resource Management Practice and Employees’ Behavioural Outcomes in Nigerian Banking Sector

Dayo Idowu Akintayo ,Kolawole Sunday Ajibola ,Toyin Solomon Olaniyan ,Oyelekan Isola Ayantunji

doi:10.7176/ejbm/12-11-04

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of family-friendly human resource practice on employees’ behavioral outcomes (organizational commitment, job performance and workplace spirituality) in Nigerian banking sector. 239 bankers participated in the study. The study employs cross-sectional survey research design. Questionnaire was used to obtain the relevant data. The study used simple random sampling method. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Regression and T-test analyses with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS).The study found that there is a statistically significant contribution of between Family-friendly human resource practice (FFHRM) on Organizational Commitment (F1,237 = 46.003, p<0.05). Further, it was found that there is a positive correlation between FFHRM and Organizational Commitment (r =.461; p<0.05), job performance (r =.327; p<0.05), and workplace spirituality (r =.253; p<0.05). Workplace spirituality was found higher among female respondents than the male respondents. The study concluded that FFHRM is significant antecedent to employees’ behavioral outcomes (organizational commitment, job performance and workplace spirituality) in Nigerian banking sector. Based on the conclusion, the study recommended that organizations should encourage and give FFHRM practice the priority it deserves and be willing to carry it out with new ideas. Keywords : Family-friendly human resource practice, job performance, organizational commitment, workplace spirituality DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-11-04 Publication date: April 30 th 2020

Highlights

In recent times the introduction of family-friendly relationship has become a pressure that is fast arising in many organizations in Nigeria
Against the foregoing, this study investigated the impact of FFHRM practice on employee’s behavioral outcome.This is for the purpose of ascertaining the relevance of FFHRM practice on employee’s behavioral outcomes in work organization in Nigeria
The finding implies that the family-friendly system of human resource management practice with evidence of compensation designed and management adopted in the selected Bank in Ogun and Lagos States, Nigeria has really impacted the employeesorganizational commitment, job performance and workplace spirituality

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Introduction

In recent times the introduction of family-friendly relationship has become a pressure that is fast arising in many organizations in Nigeria. Management of various organizations wants their employees in all stages to maximize their efforts to the fullest not considering what it will cost the employees and others factors that pertains to them been productive. For efficient and effective labour force, organizations in Nigeria are expected to provide an atmosphere that will conducive within and outside the organization. Organizations in Nigeria are been faced with so many challenges such as global competition, development of information technology etc. The two main domains in human life are family and work. According to Gutek, Searle, and Klepa (2009) the two roles in those domains are conflictual

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