Leaders' Social Support and Employee Commitment in Bayelsa State Civil Service

This paper examined the relationship between leaders’ social support and employee commitment. The study population consisted of twenty-five thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine (25,789) civil servants drawn from the States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Program report of 2021. The study adopted a simple size of three hundred and ninety-four (394) civil servants. Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the data and the findings revealed that leaders’ social support significantly influence employee commitment. It is concluded that leaders’ social support positively and significantly relates to employee commitment. The study recommended that in a bit to improve employee commitment, Bayelsa state civil service and their leaders should increase staff engagement to the ministries and civil servants’ loyalty. This will also decrease stress levels and make civil servants more devoted without fear of retribution or discrimination.