“…Some of the authors that examined studies on motivation and employee commitment are Kim and Rowley (2005), Wolowska (2014), Jandaghi et al (2011), Daciulyte and Aranauskaite (2012), Gitau and Monari (2019), Qiambao and Nuqui (2017) and Apergis (2016). The spate of employee turnover by many recent studies on employee turnover in Nigeria (Oginni and Omoyele, 2018;Ugoani and John, 2016;Izidor and Iheriohanma, 2015;Essien et al, 2013;Mbah and Ikemefuna, 2012) tend to suggest that employees are not very committed to their jobs thus, necessitating investigation of determinants of organisational commitment. The high employee turnover is not an indication of low unemployment; in fact, the level of unemployment in Nigeria is high, thus restricting the mobility of labour (Ademola, 2021;Ikechukwu et al, 2016;Muhammad et al, 2015;Kayode et al, 2014).…”