Title:
WORK ENGAGEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL WORK PERFORMANCE OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Authors:
Omoankhanlen Joseph Akhigbe and Emmanuel Aziegbe Akhigbe ,Nigeria

Abstract:
This study empirically examined the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance of microfinance banks in Rivers State. The population of the study consist of employees of 10 microfinance banks in Rivers State; the study adopted a simple random sampling method to administer 150 copies of questionnaire to employees. After data collation and examination, 144 copies were found usable for analysis and were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient from which the formulated hypotheses were tested. The outcome of the analysis shows that the dedication has more correlation with adaptive performance than other constructs under study. The study concludes that work engagement is positively correlated with on the degree of individual work performance among microfinance banks in Rivers State, Nigeria. More so, the study recommended that managers of microfinance banks should provide more job resources such as travel and health allowances to boost employees negative attitude especially in a high job demand situation