Jasmine Okponanabofa Tamunosiki-Amadi PhD1, Edith Ebiye Boussa-Dibite PhD2
1 & 2 Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Niger Delta University, ilberforce Island, P.M.B 071, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between Organisational change and employee commitment. The correlation surveyed design was adopted to measure the relationship between the variables. The population consisted of all insurance firms in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. However, the researcher selected 5 top ranked insurance companies with quality assurance standards. A sample size of 86 participants was selected from the insurance firms. The participants were the operational level staff. The questionnaire instrument was used to elicit data. The Pearson Moment Correlational Coefficient was adopted to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS. The findings showed that Organisational change dimension relate with employee commitment measures. The research concludes that there is a positive and significant relationship between Organisational change and employee commitment (affective and normative). However, it was recommended that the management of insurance firms should endeavour to train and retrain their employees so as to survive this era of technological advancement.
Keywords: Affective Commitment, Employee Commitment, Normative Commitment, Organisational Change, Technological Change