Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, November 2015 Part IV _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 43 P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | www.apjmr.com Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Security Operatives in Selected Tertiary Institutions In Kwara State Alade Y. Saliu (M.Sc) 1 , Rotimi A. Gbadeyan (Ph.D) 2 , Jackson O. Olujide 1 1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. 2 Department of Management Studies, School of Business, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. drgbadeyan@hotmail.com Date Received: September 29, 2015; Date Revised: October 28, 2015 Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 3 No. 4, 43-49 November 2015 Part IV P-ISSN 2350-7756 E-ISSN 2350-8442 www.apjmr.com Abstract - The prevalence of civil disorder and cultism in higher institutions of learning in Nigeria and the apparent inability of security operatives to stem the tide has continued to be a source of concern to both the Government and Individuals in recent times. This study examines the effect of organisational commitment on job satisfaction among security operatives working in Nigeria universities. In this study a sample of three hundred (300) security operatives were selected from both public and private universities in Kwara State. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire and analysed through Descriptive, Comparative, Regression analysis and Spearman Rank Correlation. The findings revealed that these security operatives, a positive relationship exists between organisational commitment and job satisfaction with affective commitment having little or no significant relationship and continuance commitment having significant positive relationship. The study also found that the level of affective commitment was significantly lower than the other components. The study thus concludes that there is a significant positive relationship between organisation commitment and job satisfaction amongst the security operatives. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the selected Universities should focus on improving affective and normative commitment among security operatives in order to be able to deal with the problem of high job turnover and poor performance. Key Words: Civil Disorder, Cultism, Security Operatives, Employees Performance & Organisational Commitment INTRODUCTION The maintenance of security in any polity is usually vested in both public and private entities. The Government funded security agencies such as the Police, State Security Service, and Civil defence, among others, render direct services to the public and indirect service to some organisations. Private entities such as Kings Guard, Kuta Guards, Farsar Security, Monaco security and other private security outfits operating within Kwara State render direct services to organisations like banks, hospitals, hotels and higher institutions of learning that can afford their cost. The Universities like other organisations that have interface with multitude of individuals and personnel such as banks, teaching hospitals, and oil companies etc, usually place great importance on the maintenance of civil order within their premises. The police, though offer general services to such institutions, specific services, such as manning gates, keeping order during examination, convocation ceremonies and other school activities can only be rendered by private security outfits. Maintenance of such an outfit is of particular importance given the prevalence of cultism and civil disorder among students of higher institution of learning in Nigeria [1]. The degree to which they can efficiently discharge their duties is often a function of how committed they are to the organisation and how satisfied they are with their working conditions.