Navigating Change Management on Workplace Unethical Practices and Organization Performance Study of Selected Banks in Lagos State, Nigeria

In the contemporary business environment, unethical practices within the workplace continue to pose substantial obstacles, with regards to employee potential change behavior rather than employee change situation, thus exert various facets of organizational performance. The study adopted descriptive research design, with data collection through questionnaire as the main research instrument. Stratified random sampling technique using Taro Yamane formula to determine two hundred and thirty-one (231) employees from a population of five hundred and sixty (560) employees. As Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis was employed to test the hypotheses in the study. The findings showed significant relationship among all the three elements of unethical practices: workplace leadership behavior, workplace discrimination and organization culture on performance outcomes. Hypothesis one, revealed a correlation coefficient of 51.3% (r=0.513); hypothesis two revealed a correlation coefficient of 38.3% (r=0.383); and hypothesis three revealed a correlation coefficient of 51.5% (r=0.515). Therefore, to enhance organization performance, the human aspect that constitutes unethical workplace practices must be painstakingly and carefully addressed in order to avoid un-anticipated outcomes and maintain ordinary decency to reduce tension in the organization. The study recommended that organizations leaders are to ensure leadership alignment devoid of unnecessary empathy; advocate non-discriminatory policies, rules, and regulation that impaired psychological, and teamwork treats for an enhance work achievement. And lastly, need for good organizational culture to influence unbiased decision making, availability of punitive sanctions that support morals within the organization. Study limitations are in terms of sample size coverage, geographical and adopted methodology. Further studies should encompass large sample size, cutting across many organizations, and the use of mixed method to balance deficiencies of both quantitative and qualitative approach.