Top Management Commitment to Total Quality Management as A Correlate of Customer Satisfaction in the Nigerian Banking Sector
The need for a comprehensive understanding of the connection between total quality management and customer satisfaction cannot be overstressed. It is on this note that this study seeks to examine the kind of relationship that exists between Total Quality Management and other three variables, vis a vis top management commitment, employee involvement, and customer satisfaction. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and primary data was collected with the use of a self structured questionnaire from one hundred and thirty six (136) randomly selected respondents among the employees of Access Bank Plc. (27) First Bank Nigeria Limited (35) Guarantee Trust Bank Plc. (30) United Bank for Africa (24) and WEMA Bank (20) in Akoka, Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance, with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS 21.0) The findings of the study showed an increase in the Nigerian Banking Sector top management commitment to Total Quality Management will imply increase in TQM implementation; increase in the involvement of money deposit banks' staff in the TQM implementation process is also tantamount to an increase in the Total Quality Management implementation; and that implementation of Total Quality Management significantly correlates increase in customer satisfaction in the Nigerian banking sector. The study therefore recommends among others that the top management of the Nigerian banking sector should be committed to Total Quality Management and involve employees in its implementation.
TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT