[01] Oguegbe Tochukwu M., Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. [02] Joe-Akunne Chiamaka O., Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. [03] Edoga Edwin E., Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.

This study investigated the influence of gender and organizational politics on job involvement. A total of 201 bankers from Onitsha, Anambra State Nigeria served as participants in the study. Out of the 201 participants 82 (40.8%) were males while 119 (59.2%) were females. The ages of the participants ranged from 20 to 56 years with a mean age of 32.83 and standard deviation of 10.44. Two instruments were used in the study. They include a 10-item job involvement scale and organizational politics scale which contained 12 items. Three hypotheses were posited and tested in this study using two way analysis of variance (2-WAY ANOVA). Result indicates no significant main effect for gender on job involvement among bankers at F (1, 197) = 0.82, P>.05 level of significance. This means that the first hypothesis which stated that there will be a significant difference between male and female bankers on job involvement was not confirmed. Also, the second hypothesis which stated that there will be a significant difference between bankers who are high on perception of organizational politics and those that are low on perception of organizational politics on job involvement was not accepted at F (1, 197)= 2.75, P >.05 level of significance. Finally, the results showed that there was a significant interaction between gender and organizational politics on job involvement. This means that the third hypothesis which stated that there will be a significant interaction between gender and perception of organizational politics on job involvement was confirmed at F (1, 197) = 5.79, P<.05 level of significance. Recommendations were made based on the findings

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