Managers’ Sportsmanship Behaviour and Employee Commitment 
in the Hospitality Sector in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Dogitimiye Memory; Dr Cletus I. Emeti

doi:https://doi.org/10.56201/jhmtr.v4.no1.2023.pg14.27

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Managers’ Sportsmanship Behaviour and Employee Commitment in the Hospitality Sector in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Dogitimiye Memory and Dr Cletus I. Emeti

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between managers’ sportsmanship behaviour and employee commitment in the hospitality sector in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Employee commitment was assessed in terms of affective commitment and normative commitment. This research utilized a quasi-experimental and cross-sectional survey designs. The target population is 159 sample elements drawn from the four major hotels and restaurants in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. However, the accessible population was 124 respondents. The sample size (S) was determined based on the guidelines of census study technique which allow for the entire population (124) to be adopted as the sample.

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Managers’ Sportsmanship BehaviourEmployee CommitmentAffective Commitment and

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Managers’ Sportsmanship Behaviour and Employee Commitment in the Hospitality Sector in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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