%0 Journal Article %T The Influence of Affective Commitment on Citizenship Behavior and Intention to Quit among Commercial BanksĄŻ Employees in Nigeria %A Akinyemi Benjamin %J Journal of Management and Sustainability %D 2012 %I %R 10.5539/jms.v2n2p54 %X The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of affective commitment on discretionary work behaviour and intention to quit among employees in selected post-consolidation Nigerian commercial banks. Using the quantitative approach, data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to full-time employees of eight Nigerian post-consolidation era commercial banks out of which 303 were returned. The research results, based on respondentsĄŻ perceptions, revealed that affective commitment had a statistically significant relationship with organizational citizenship behavior and voluntary turnover intentions. The practical organizational and managerial implications of the results were discussed. %U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jms/article/view/17454