Assessing the Impact of Perceived Job Insecurity during the Pandemic Era on Organizational Commitment among Employees in a Telecommunication Industry, Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

The end of 2019 witnessed the emergence of a virus in Wuhan, China and the effect was felt throughout the globe. By the last count (WHO, 2021) in December, 2019 more than three million people have been tested positive to the virus and more than two hundred thousand people have passed on. The virus was medically identified as Coronavirus and generally called COVID-19 in recognition of the year of the emergence. The infection of the virus was so virulent and initially defiled any form of medical intervention and the various governments had to design measures to keep the virus from its boundaries by way of lockdown of activities thus having trimmed effects on businesses and governmental operations. In the light of these challenges, the study examined the perceived job insecurity in the Covid-19 period on organizational commitment among employees in a Nigerian telecommunication company. This was with a view to assessing the impact of perceived job insecurity during the pandemic era on organizational commitment among employees in the telecommunication company, Ibadan, Nigeria. The study population (131) consists of all members of staff of the Globacom Limited. A total number of 100 staff members of the Globacom Limited were randomly selected using cluster sampling technique. The study revealed that overall perceived job insecurity (x=54.00) during Covid-19 has significant effect on organizational commitment on employees of the telecommunication company. The study further revealed that telecommunication employees with low overall perceived job insecurity (x=65.75) reported more overall commitment than employees with high overall perceived job insecurity (x=50.50). The study concluded that perceived job insecurity in the Covid-19 period contributed positively to organizational commitment.