The Effect of Employee Empowerment and Job Satisfaction on Intention to Stay in Nigeria Banking Industry: A Case Study of Guaranty Trust Bank

This paper is investigating the influence of employees’ empowerment and job satisfaction on their intention to stay using a sample from a Bank in Lagos, Nigeria. Employees’ feeling of empowerment and their job satisfaction were measured using 5-items each. Intention to stay was measured using 4-items. Empowered employees are expected to less likely to quit and also expected to have higher job satisfaction. Consequently, we believe that increased job satisfaction is the reason that empowered employees may not quit their jobs. Our outcomes show a positively significant relationship that exists between employee’s empowerment and job satisfaction also employee empowerment has a positive association with intention to stay, intention to stay is explained by job satisfaction and job satisfaction act as a mediator between employee empowerment and intention to stay. Keywords: employees’ empowerment and job satisfaction on intention to stay.