Employees

Political Will and Impact on Psychological Ownership Among Employees of the First-Tier of Nigerian Commercial Banking Industry (Published)

The study investigated perceived prospect of artificial intelligence and political will on psychological ownership among employees of first tier of commercial banks in Anambra State, Nigeria. The participants consisted of 426 bankers that made of 158(37.1%) males and 268(62.9%) females drawn from three senatorial zones in Anambra State, Nigeria. The study participants’ age ranged from 28 to 49 years with mean age of 38.05 and a standard deviation 6.81. purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the banks given that there are five (5) banks that make up the tier-1 banks in Nigeria, and purposive sampling technique was used to select the city and the participants. Three instruments were used: Artificial Intelligence Questionnaire, Political Will Questionnaire and Psychological Ownership Scale. The study adopted cross sectional and correlational designs. Multiple Linear Regressions were used to analyze the hypotheses. The study revealed that artificial intelligence at (F₂, ₄₂₁) β= .07, t = 1.50 had prediction on psychological ownership at p<.05. Political will at (F₂, ₄₂₁) β= .45, t = 8.74 had prediction on psychological ownership at p<.05. Artificial Intelligence dimensions: Utility value at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= .26, t = 9.63; expectancy at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= .42, t = 13.47; and cost at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= .44, t = 17.30 had positive prediction on psychological ownership at p<.05. Attainment at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= -.27, t = -9.07, and intrinsic value at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= .01, t = .17, had negative prediction on psychological ownership p<.05. Political will dimensions: Self-serving at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= -.25, t = -9.09, had negative prediction on psychological ownership p<.05, while benevolent at (F₇, ₄₁₈) β= .36, t = 10.08 had positive prediction on psychological ownership p<.05. Jointly, artificial intelligence and political will accounted for 77.6% of the psychological ownership, with R² = .776, adjusted R²=.772, (F₇, ₄₁₈) = 206.43, p<.05. Based on the findings, the study recommends that AI and political will should be a watchword in the banking system; with that banking employees will be development and their opinions and insights valued. This can help foster a sense of belonging and bankers’ psychological ownership within the organization.

Keywords: Employees, Nigerian commercial banking industry, Political will, first-tier, psychological ownership

Assessing the role of behavioural elements in budgeting and budgetary control process of public universities in Ghana: Case of University of Education (Review Completed - Accepted)

The study examined the role of budget behavioral element in the budget and budgetary control process of public universities in Ghana using University of Education as the study area. It therefore seeks to explore the behavioral elements of budgeting process in the study area and determine behavioral elements relationship with employees’ performance and commitment to corporate goal. The study employed the quantitative research methodology utilizing a cross sectional research design. It used purposive and simple random sampling techniques to select 110 employees of the University as respondents. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant positive relationship between behavioral elements of budgeting and employees’ performance and commitment to corporate goal. The relationship between budget participation and employees’ performance was positive though not significant connoting that budget participation alone cannot significantly influence performance. Commitment to corporate goal had significant positive relationship with performance in the University. The finding implies that management should make budgeting processes more participative to enhance employee commitment to goal which can lead to improved performance

Keywords: Behavioural Elements, Budget, Commitment To Goal, Employees, Performance