This study examines staff innovativeness and organizational performance: a review of the literature on deposit money banks in Rivers State of Nigeria. Literature review research method was adopted by the study. The researcher conducted a thorough evaluation of the literature. In light of an intensive evaluation of the literature, the study discovered that staff innovativeness influences organizational performance among deposit money banks in Rivers State, that the staff innovativeness strategy should be supported by the formation of focus groups to strategically plan the method and strategy of innovation, and that the staff of banks should conduct workshops to discover new chances for innovation.