STAFF COMPENSATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A FOCUS ON ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY (2014 - 2024)

Abstract

This study examined Staff compensation and the organizational performance in Nigeria (2014-2024), using Abia State University as a focal point. It set out to probe the ability of the human resource officers to occasion quality staff compensation strategy through effective wages/ salaries, incentive packages as well as good working conditions/benefits to enhance the performance of the institution. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A total sample size of three hundred and seventeen (317) personnel was randomly selected out of one thousand, five hundred and nineteen (1,519) personnel in Abia State University. A questionnaire titled Staff Compensation Survey Questionnaire (SCSQ), structured in a likert format was administered for data collection and was complemented with interviews and secondary data. The data collected was analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and mean. The study was anchored on Expectancy Theory.  The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Statistics. It was found that the employees’ wages/salaries, incentive packages and working conditions/benefits administrative techniques were not enough therefore, had little positive effects on the performance of the institution. It was recommended that the Personnel Unit should occasion effective wages/salaries, incentive packages as well as good working conditions/benefits capable of improving the performance of the institution.