Employee Recreation and Organizational Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT: This study examined the relationship between employee recreation and organizational performance of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to examine how employee recreation influences organizational efficiency and effectiveness. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through self- administered questionnaire. The population of this study covers 355 permanent and full time staff from two branches each of the seven (7) selected Deposit Money Banks situated in Port Harcourt metropolis of Rivers State, Nigeria. The sample size of 188 was drawn using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formula. Spearman Rank Order Correlation was used for hypothesis testing with the aid of the SPSS Package version 23. The result of the findings revealed that employee recreation is significantly correlated with organizational performance of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The study recommends that deposit money banks should evaluate their employee’s schedules so that employee recreation is not done completely on the employee’s time but rather to be performed partly on company time