FLEXIBLE WORK OPTION AND EMPLOYEE RESOURCEFULNESS IN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA

CHIKE, K. E.

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management,

Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

and

Wechie, I.

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management,

Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The study examined the relationship between flexible work-option and employee resourcefulness in commercial banks in South-South Nigeria. The objective of the study was to examine how flexible work option influence employee resourcefulness such as creativity, adaptability in commercial banks in South-South Nigeria. The study employed descriptive cross-sectional survey design in a non-contrive setting. The population of the study consists of all the commercial banks in South-South Nigeria. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamene Formula while primary data was obtained using questionnaire instruments. The study validates the research instruments using face and content, while the reliability of the study adopted the test-retest method. The study analyzed data using inferential statistical techniques. The findings showed that flexible work-option has a very strong positive and significance influence on employee resourcefulness in the commercial banks in South-South Nigeria. The study concluded that consideration of flexible work option aspects to employees can greatly influence resourcefulness. Flextime, flexible career paths and job sharing has significant relationship on the measures of resourcefulness: creativity, adaptability in Commercial banks in Nigeria. The study recommends that management of commercial banks should engaged in flexible work arrangement such as flexi-time, shift work schedules as a core practice; because any organization that does not invest much in work-life balance, its long run existence is threatens. Managers and directors should recognize and encourage part-time work hours, job sharing as their core parameters to increase employee resourcefulness. The management of should make sure they develop policies and strategies on different work life practices such as job sharing, emotional and instrumental support policies, coworker support practice that will encourage the employees to be more productive on their job in the workplace.

Keywords: Flexible work-option, employee resourcefulness, creativity, adaptability