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Female Employee Exploitation and Corporate Longevity: A study of Financial Institutions in Imo State, Nigeria

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  • Okoro, Ruth Chikwado

    (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria)

  • Ugwoegbu, Ihechukwu Victor

    (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria)

Abstract

The role of women in the workforce has undergone significant changes in recent decades, with an increasing number of women entering the corporate world and making valuable contributions to economic growth and development. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship that between female employee exploitation and corporate longevity in financial institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to determine the relationship that between objectification and job satisfaction of financial institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. It also ascertained the correlation between gender-based discrimination and organisational expansion of financial institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. The study was anchored on Resource-Based View (RBV) theory, by Jay Barney (1991). It employed discriptive survey research design. The target population were 253 female staff of financial institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. Taro Yamane’s method was used to get a sample size of 155. Hypotheses were tested with Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient on Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS version 27) at 5% level of significance. Hypothesis one revealed that there was a statistically significant negative relationship between objectification and job satisfaction of financial institutions in Imo State, Nigeria, with r = -0.312, n = 155 and p value of 0.000 (p

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  • Okoro, Ruth Chikwado & Ugwoegbu, Ihechukwu Victor, 2024. "Female Employee Exploitation and Corporate Longevity: A study of Financial Institutions in Imo State, Nigeria," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(3s), pages 3529-3540, August.
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