Relationship Between Labour Casualization and Employee Commitment Among Selected Deposit Money Banks in South East Nigeria

The study examined the relationship between labour casualization and employee commitment among selected deposit money banks in South East Nigeria. Specific objectives include: to study the extent a zero-hour contract affects employee’s fear of job loss commitment in deposit money banks in South East Nigeria and to assess how on-call shifts affect employee loyalty in deposit money banks in South East Nigeria. The population for the study included eleven thousand six hundred and seventy-two (11,672) employees. The sample size of 1186 was drawn using Freund and William’s formula at 3 percent error margin. A survey design was adopted for the study. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire and interviews. A total of one thousand one hundred and eighty-six copies of questionnaire were distributed while nine hundred and nine (909) copies were returned. Z-test was used to test the hypotheses and determine the nature and strength of the research variables. The findings indicated that a zero-hour contract had positive and significant effect on employee’s fear of job loss in deposit money banks in South East Nigeria, Z(96, n = 909) = 6.225 < 9.843, p > 0.03. Also, on-call shifts had positive effect on employee’s loyalty in deposit money banks in South East Nigeria, Z(96, n = 909) = 5.864 < 7.463, p > 0.03. The study concluded that a zero-hour contract and on-call shifts had significant effect on employee’s fear of job loss and employee’s loyalty. The study recommended, among others, that casualization of labour should be legislated against in the Nigerian banking industry to boost commitment of workers in deposit money banks in South East Nigeria.