Supervisory Responsiveness, Customer Power, and Psychological Empowerment as Predictors of Voice Behaviour among Bank Employees in Makurdi Metropolis
Moses Ejeh Omenka & Elvis Oblu Ihaji
Abstract
This study investigated supervisory responsiveness, customer power, and psychological
empowerment as predictors of voice behaviour among bank employees in Makurdi metropolis.
Four research objectives, questions and hypotheses were generated to
guide the study. The study utilized a cross-sectional survey design. Two hundred and ninetyeight
(298) participants were selected among bank employees in Makurdi metropolis using the
simple random sampling technique. Results from the hypotheses tested showed that
supervisory responsiveness significantly predicted voice behaviour among bank employees in
Makurdi metropolis; customer power significantly predicted voice behaviouramong bank
employees in Makurdi metropolis; psychological empowerment significantly predicted voice
behaviouramong bank employees in Makurdi metropolis; and supervisory responsiveness,
customer power and psychological empowerment jointly and independently predicted voice
behavioursignificantly among bank employees in Makurdi metropolis. Based on these
findings, recommendations are made.
Key words:
Voice behaviour, supervisory responsiveness, customer power,psychological empowerment, and employees.
All correspondence should be address to the:
Faculty of Social Sciences,
Department of Psychology,
Benue State university,
P.M.B. 102119, Makurdi,
Makurdi.
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