• Abstract

    The objective of this study is to ascertain the effect of organisational citizenship behavior on performance of DMBs employing a comparative gender analysis dimensionality. The population of the study comprises all staff of deposit money bank in Auchi. The study employed random sampling technique to select three hundred and seventy-five staff from the entire population. This study employed multivariate regression technique to analyze data gathered from the field. The findings revealed that compliance to organisational norms has no significant impact on organisational performance. The result further revealed that Individual initiative has a negative effect on performance of DMBs in Auchi. Furthermore, the result revealed that loyalty has a positive effect on performance of DMBs in Auchi. Finally, the result revealed that there is a significant difference between the effect of organisational citizenship behavior exhibited by male and female on the performance of DMBs in Auchi. This study recommended that DMBs should ensure that level of compliance of staff is improved unto in order to engender organisational performance.

     

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Ebhote, O., & Dabor, R. O. (2025). Organisational citizenship and firm performance: Comparative analysis of male and female. Humanities Journal, 1(| Accepted Articles). Retrieved from https://malque.pub/ojs/index.php/hj/article/view/7026
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