Building Employees’ Commitment: Leveraging on Boss-Subordinate Relationship Paradigm

This study strived to examine the management of boss-subordinate relationship that has its own effects on the commitment of the workforce of the banking sector in Rivers State, Nigeria. Poor management of boss-subordinate relationships breeds a poor work climate as well as contributes to the loss of employees’ commitment to organisational goals. Adopting a cross-sectional survey design, this study covered all the permanent employees of the banking sector and 10 banks were conveniently sampled from the 22 operating banks in the state with a total population of 210 permanent employees. The Krejcie and Morgan sample determination table was used to derive 136 respondents. Data gathered from the respondents were analysed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Statistical tools. The test of moderating effect of organisational culture on boss-subordinate relationship management as well as employee commitment in the banking sector. The findings from the results of tests and data analyses revealed strong positive relationships between the dimensions of boss-subordinate relationship management and the measures of employee commitment in the banking sector and therefore recommended that complementary communication, empathy, leadership support and organisational mentorship should be taken seriously as tools for managing the boss-subordinate relationship and also that good organisational culture should be created and promoted to enhance employees commitment in the banking sector in Rivers State.