CAREER COMMITMENT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION, JOB SATISFACTION, TURNOVER INTENTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AMONG RECORDS MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN STATE CIVIL SERVICES OF NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The stratified random sampling technique together with a questionnaire was used for data collection on 1134 out of a population size of 1350 records management personnel and only 990 responded giving a response rate of 87.3 percent.

The study revealed that the respondents exhibited low career commitment. It was also established that professional training, turnover intentions, job satisfaction, achievement motivation and emotional intelligence had significant correlations with career commitment of the respondents. More importantly, all the five independent variables were found to be significant precursors of career commitment of the respondents. It was also found that there was no This study investigates professional training, turnover intentions, job satisfaction, achievement motivation, and emotional intelligence as precursors of career commitment among records management personnel in State Civil Services of North-east geo-political zone in Nigeriasignificant difference in career commitment of the respondents based on their place of work. It was therefore recommended that the State governments and policy makers in the Civil Services of North-east, Nigeria should endeavour to give professional training in modern theory and practice of records management to the respondents. They should also formulate and execute good motivational strategies to stem down turnover intentions and enhance job satisfaction so as to improve career commitment of the respondents. The achievement motivation and emotional intelligence of the respondents should be considered in order to improve their career commitment.