Green Employee Empowerment/Engagement/ and Non-Financial Corporate Performance in Deposit Money Banks of South-West, Nigeria

Olatuni Eniola  Sule; Edwinah  Amah; Drusilia Adekemi  Alagah

doi:10.37899/journallabisecoman.v2i6.557

Olatuni Eniola Sule Management Department, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Edwinah Amah Management Department, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Drusilia Adekemi Alagah Management Department, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37899/journallabisecoman.v2i6.557

Keywords: Green Employee, Empowerment/Engagement, Non-Financial Performance, Employee Satisfaction, Operational Efficiency, Innovation

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between green employee empowerment/engagement and non-financial corporate performance in deposit money banks of South-West, Nigeria. Survey design was used. The study population was the managerial staff of deposit money banks in the South-West of Nigeria with 330 as the sample size. Simple random sampling technique was applied. Structural Equation Modelling - AMOS was used in testing the three (3) hypotheses. The findings revealed that there is a relationship between green employee empowerment/engagement and non-financial corporate performance with the estimate (ꞵ) between .136 and .969 in all the three (3) hypotheses and that green empowerment/engagement positively aid the non-financial performance in deposit money banks in South-West, Nigeria. Hence, the study recommended that green employee empowerment/engagement should be embraced to improve non-financial performance like employee satisfaction, operational efficiency, and innovation.

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