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Measuring bankers’ deviant behaviour: Structure and reliability in a Nigerian sample

Published in: Journal of Psychology in Africa
Volume 30 , issue 2 , 2020 , pages: 157–161

DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2020.1746565

Author(s): Ifeanyichukwu Chukwudi Eze Department of Psychology, Nigeria Police Academy, Nigeria , Lawrence Ejike Ugwu Department of Psychology, Nigeria , Obiageli Omeje Department of Psychology, Nigeria , Ejike Okonkwo Department of Psychology, Nigeria , Obinna O. Ike Department of Psychology, Nigeria , Francisca N. Ogba Department of Education Foundations, Nigeria , Chinyere Nwajiuba Department of Education Foundations, Nigeria , Enuma Icha-Ituma Department of Mass Communication, Nigeria

Keywords: banking industries , counterproductive behaviours , deviant behaviour , structure and reliability

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Abstract

In combating the increasing number of challenges faced by the banking industries that range from disobedience to standard operations, connivance with fraudulent clients, and regular counterproductive behaviours, a measure of deviant behaviour in the banking sector is necessary. We validated a measure of deviant behaviour among Nigerian bankers (n = 492; female = 222 (46%), male = 260 (54%); mean age = 31.72, SD = 6.88 years). Factor analysis yielded two factors: minor (alpha = 0.81) and major deviance (alpha = 0.89). Scores from the Banker’s Deviant Behaviour scale (BDB) showed to have evidence for research purposes.

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