CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AS CORRELATES OF ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT OF NIGERIA POLICE IN ILORIN METROPOLIS

Adekola Kamil Lasisi

Abstract

This study investigated the contribution of contextual factors (psychological wellbeing and motivation) to the prediction of organizational commitment of Nigeria Police in Ilorin Metropolis. One hundred and fifty police men, women and officers were randomly selected from the 3 senatorial zones of the state. They comprised of ninety-two male and fifty-eight female participants. The ages of the participants ranges from 33 years to 57 years. The mean and standard deviation of the ages of participants are 44.6 years and 12.15 respectively. The data for this study was collected using Ryff’s (1999) Psychological Wellbeing Scale (r = 0.73), Lasisi’s (2014) Police Motivation Scale (r = 0.69) and Aremu’s (2009) Police Perceived Organization Commitment Scale (r = 0.72). Four research hypotheses  were testes at 0.05 level of significance. The finding showed that psychological wellbeing and motivation were significantly related to the organizational commitment of Nigeria Police in Kwara State. Significantly joint contribution of the psychological wellbeing and motivation was observed on the prediction of organizational commitment of Nigeria Police in Kwara State; and that motivation was observed to have significant relative contributions to the prediction of organizational commitment of the participants while psychological wellbeing’s relative contribution was not significant. These findings were discussed and necessary recommendations, including the fact the police organization in Nigeria should improve on means of motivating their employees, were also highlighted.