Beyond Paychecks and Promises: Examining How Commitment and Quality of Work Life Shape Organizational Cynicism among Employees of First Bank Nigeria in Ibadan’

Research on organizational cynicism has gained attention globally. There is however dearth of this research in South West Nigeria. The present study therefore investigated the influence of work-related quality of life and organizational commitment on organizational cynicism among first bank employees in Ibadan Metropolis. The Attitude-Behaviour Theory and Social Exchange Theory served as the framework for this study. The research adopted a survey research design; Participants were employees of first bank, purposively sampled from a population of bank staff in Ibadan, these comprised of 118 females and 82 males from the various first bank branches in Ibadan, their ages ranged from 18-65. The mean age of participants was 37.8 years. SD= 9.1. Data were collected using 43- items structured questionnaire with three scales: demographic variables, The Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQOL) Scale (α =0.81), Organizational Commitment Scale (α =0.87), and Organizational Cynicism Scale (α =0.78), t-test and regression analysis were conducted on four hypotheses in the study. Result indicated that organizational commitment did not significantly influence organizational cynicism among employees of first bank in Ibadan [t (198) = 0.76; p > .05]. The result also revealed that work related quality of life significantly influenced organizational cynicism of the sampled first bank employees in Ibadan [t (198) = 2.09; p < .05]