Abstract
This research aims to investigate the relationship between employee social awareness and
corporate growth of deposit money banks in Bayelsa State. This research employed a descriptive,
survey, and correlation methodology, following a thorough review of literature and research
concepts, as well as theoretical and empirical aspects, to investigate employee social awareness
and corporate growth. Questionnaire and interview approaches served as the primary sources of
the research. The study population consists of one hundred fifteen (115) individuals, with a sample
size of eighty-nine (89) deposit money bank employees in Bayelsa State. The Taro Yamane formula
was employed for data presentation. The study used the Spearman Rank-Order Correlation
Coefficient (rs) to assess the data and evaluate the hypotheses. The study revealed that emotional
self-awareness positively and significantly correlates with a firm's performance. Furthermore,
there exists a positive and strong correlation between employee motivation and organizational
performance. Furthermore, a positive and significant correlation exists between self-regulation
and company performance. Self-appraisal exhibits a positive and significant correlation with
organizational performance. The study confidently concludes that the components of social
awareness examined, including emotional self-awareness, employee motivation, self-regulation,
self-appraisal, exhibit a robust correlation with organizational performance. The study advised
that firms should proactively seek constructs that enhance social awareness to improve
performance and identify specific elements of the social awareness and influence process that may
facilitate corporate growth.