{"id":22450,"date":"2025-10-21T07:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.amssr.org\/grjbm\/?p=22450"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:50:28","slug":"employee-discipline-and-organisational-performance-in-guaranty-trust-bank-gtb-abakaliki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.amssr.org\/grjbm\/2025\/10\/21\/employee-discipline-and-organisational-performance-in-guaranty-trust-bank-gtb-abakaliki\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN GUARANTY TRUST BANK (GTB), ABAKALIKI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Download PDF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/journals.amssr.org\/grjbm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/p_EMPLOYEE-DISCIPLINE-AND-ORGANISATIONAL-PERFORMANCE-IN-GUARANTY-TRUST-BANK-GTB-ABAKALIKI.docx.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of p_EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN GUARANTY TRUST BANK (GTB) ABAKALIKI..docx.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6f901b9f-8ffd-400f-8a76-aed644041d18\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.amssr.org\/grjbm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/p_EMPLOYEE-DISCIPLINE-AND-ORGANISATIONAL-PERFORMANCE-IN-GUARANTY-TRUST-BANK-GTB-ABAKALIKI.docx.pdf\">p_EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN GUARANTY TRUST BANK (GTB) ABAKALIKI..docx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.amssr.org\/grjbm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/p_EMPLOYEE-DISCIPLINE-AND-ORGANISATIONAL-PERFORMANCE-IN-GUARANTY-TRUST-BANK-GTB-ABAKALIKI.docx.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6f901b9f-8ffd-400f-8a76-aed644041d18\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Author<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Nicholas I. Achilike, Ph.D<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Business Administration, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo Ebony State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>achnico@yahoo.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>ABSTRACT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This research examines employee discipline and organizational performance in Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Abakaliki. The investigation seeks to establish the effect of specific aspects of discipline: employee dedication, moral values, and respect toward the institution on productivity, citizenship behavior, alongside efficiency as hallmark measurements of organizational performance using structured cross-sectional research design. The findings indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between employee discipline and organizational performance. In particular, it was found that commitment by employees positively impacted organizational productivity; personal moral values shaped and reinforced acts of citizenship towards the organization; while a culture of respect in the workplace contributed toward operational efficiency. This study sought to advance knowledge by defining employee disciplinary issues as multi-dimensional concepts incorporating elements such as dedication, morality, and respect which are intertwined variables. Such a perspective enriches organizational theorizing concerning holistic approach on relationships between employees\u2019 behaviors and their given duties hence performance offers new insights. Since this study relied on cross-sectional data, we recommend that future studies undertaken focus more on longitudinal approaches which track changing dynamics in the relationship between disciplining employees and achieving set performance levels over time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Keywords:&nbsp; Employee Discipline and Organization Performance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afroz, N. (2018). Effects of Training on Employee Performance &#8211; A Study on Banking Sector,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tangail Bangladesh. <em>Global Journal of Economic and Business. 4<\/em>(1): 111\u2013124. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12816\/0048158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12816\/0048158<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adeoye, A. O., &amp;Elegunde, A. F. (2017). 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