Employee Engagement and Organisational Commitment in Nigeria: Does it Matters for Local Government Service Commission?

Abstract

In the human resource literature, employee engagement and organisational commitment are very vital elements that propel organizational commitment, hence the need to empirically investigate if employee engagement matters for the organizational commitment of the local government service commission in Nigeria. The study was built on the social exchange and job demand-resources theories. A cross-sectional survey design and a sample size of three hundred and ninety-six (396) employees of the local government service commission were employed. The study used four (4) dimensions of employee engagement such as organizational learning, communication, leadership and job empowerment. Data obtained were analysed using simple percentages, frequency counts and Pearson correlation. The Pearson correlation results indicated that all four (4) dimensions of employee engagement employed in the study had a strong positive and significant relationship with organizational commitment. Impliedly, we contended that employee engagement matters for the organizational commitment of the local government service commission in Nigeria. Among others, it was recommended that the local government service commission should promote an effective learning environment, communication culture, and leadership and empower employees’ in-order to improve staff commitment to the council.