OLOMI, Progress Ovunda
Department of Management
Faculty of Management Sciences,
Rivers State University
progressolomi@gmail.com
MERUE, Emmanuel Okeoma
Department of Business Administration
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
Umudike Abia State, Nigeria.
immskills@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study examined the relationship between psychological capital and employees’ involvement
in deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. Psychological capital is the predictor variable while
employee involvement manifested in dedication, vigor and trust is the criterion variable. The
population of the study comprised one hundred and ninety (190) staff drawn from nineteen (19)
deposit banks. The Purposive sampling technique was adopted, while a structured questionnaire
was used to generate raw data. The Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation coefficient was used to
test the data collected from respondents. The study found that the presence and effective
management of psychological capital prompts an increase in employees’ dedication, vigor and
trust in deposit money banks. Thus, the study concludes that psychological capital informs
employee engagement through dedication, vigor and trust; and recommends that management of
deposit money banks should create enabling environment that enhances employees’ propensity
to exercise their psychological capital, hence, boost a deeper sense of interconnectedness and
organizational harmony.
Keywords: Dedication, employee involvement, psychological capital, trust, vigor.