ABSTRACT 

This study accentuates the effects of domestic responsibilities on female employees’ productivity in commercial banks in South East Nigeria, a study of First Bank Nigeria Plc and Eco Bank Nigeria Limited. The specific objectives are to examine the effect of marital status on deposits volumes attracted by female employees’, evaluate the effect of parental obligations on accounts openings attracted by female employees’, ascertain the effect of child bearing on service delivery of female employees’ and to examine the relationship between house chores and female employees’ productivity all in First Bank Nigeria Plc and Eco Bank Nigeria Limited in South East Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study. A total of 255 respondents were selected comprising different categories of staff from the two commercial banks, using stratified sampling technique from which data and information were elicited using questionnaire. Analytically, the study employed descriptive statistics, Simple Regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis in testing the hypotheses. The analytical results revealed that; marital status has positive significant effect on deposits volumes attracted by female employees, parental obligation has a negative effect on the number of account openings attracted by the female employees, child bearing has a positive significant effect on service delivery of female employees’ and there is a negative significant relationship between house chores and female employees’ productivity. The study concludes that the effects that domestic responsibilities have on female employees’ productivity is associated with real benefits for an organization, because the social and psychological life of every female employee needs to be rightly put in check for them to be an asset and not just an employee that is used to carry out day to day operations of the commercial banks. The study therefore, recommends that recruitment of new employees in First Bank Nigeria Plc and Eco Bank Nigeria Limited should not be hinged on the marital status of female employees, as it has been established in this study that the marital status of the female employees does not negatively affect the volume of deposits they attract to their commercial banks.