The study investigated the effect of change on affective commitment to change; as well as the moderating influence of generation class, family-to-work conflict (FWC), and family-to-work facilitation (FWF) on that relationship for selected financial institutions in Nigeria. Participants were 323 employees working in selected financial service firms of located in the South-Eastern region of Nigeria. Simultaneous moderated regression analysis was used to analyze the main and moderating effects. Results show a positive effect between change and affective commitment to change; a higher negative moderation effect of generation class and family-to-work conflict on the main effect of emergent change, more than planned change, on affective commitment to change; whereas family-to-work facilitation showed a statistically positive moderation effect. These findings suggest that younger employees are more committed to emergent change than older employees; and that FWF, more than FWC improves affective commitment to change.

Keywords – Planned Change, Emergent Change, Affective commitment, Nigeria, financial service workers