POLITICAL SKILLS AND CAREER SUCCESS OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between political skills and career success of Deposit Money Bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The study adopted the cross-sectional research survey. Primary data was generated through structure self-administered questionnaire. The study focused on middle, lower management and their support staff of the eighteen (18) Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt. The population was one thousand, one hundred (1,100). A sample size of 293 was determined using Taro Yamen’s formula. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The result showed that there is a significant relationship between political skills and career success of Deposit Money Bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The study therefore recommended that the management of Deposit Money Banks should sharpen their political skills as it makes it easier to achieve better results.
Keywords: Political Skills, Career Success, Job Status, Career Satisfaction
CITATION: Okoh, E., Nwaeke, L., & Okpara, E. N. (2019). Political skills and career success of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1538 – 1548.
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