IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

Journal of Business and African Economy (JBAE )

E-ISSN 2545-5281
P-ISSN 2695-2238
VOL. 11 NO. 5 2025
DOI: 10.56201/jbae.vol.11.no5.2025.pg13.26

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Employee Social Awareness and Corporate Growth of Deposit Money Bank in Bayelsa State

Ofoniofoni Sueneme Bobkime, Micheal King Atimi-Yousuo, Obah Daddy Obah PhD

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Abstract

This research aims to investigate the relationship between employee social awareness and corporate growth of deposit money banks in Bayelsa State. This research employed a descriptive, survey, and correlation methodology, following a thorough review of literature and research concepts, as well as theoretical and empirical aspects, to investigate employee social awareness and corporate growth. Questionnaire and interview approaches served as the primary sources of the research. The study population consists of one hundred fifteen (115) individuals, with a sample size of eighty-nine (89) deposit money bank employees in Bayelsa State. The Taro Yamane formula was employed for data presentation. The study used the Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient (rs) to assess the data and evaluate the hypotheses. The study revealed that emotional self-awareness positively and significantly correlates with a firm's performance. Furthermore, there exists a positive and strong correlation between employee motivation and organizational performance. Furthermore, a positive and significant correlation exists between self-regulation and company performance. Self-appraisal exhibits a positive and significant correlation with organizational performance. The study confidently concludes that the components of social awareness examined, including emotional self-awareness, employee motivation, self-regulation, self-appraisal, exhibit a robust correlation with organizational performance. The study advised that firms should proactively seek constructs that enhance social awareness to improve performance and identify specific elements of the social awareness and influence process that may facilitate corporate growth.

keywords:

Employee, Social Awareness, Corporate Growth, Self-Appraisal, Self-awareness.

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