Exploring the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intensions among Nigerian Banks’ employees. A study of selected banks in Osogbo metropolis, south western Nigeria

This research paper exploits relationship between job satisfaction dimensions and turnover intensions among Nigerian banks’ employees in Osogbo metropolis, south western Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to collect data from one hundred and five (105) respondents from different fifteen banks through structured questionnaire. Both Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficientand Multiple Regressions Analysis were used to analysis the data with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The result showed that job satisfaction dimensions have negative relationship with turnover intensions.It was also found that job satisfaction dimensions jointly predict employee turnover intensions, which accounted for 7.5% variance of turnover intensions. The study concluded that management of Nigerian banks should use these job satisfaction dimensions as policy instruments for retention and as strategies which have the tendency to reduce employee turnover and enhance job satisfaction in the organization.