Employees Compensation And Organizational Productivity In Calabar South Local Government Council, Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between employees compensation and organizational productivity in Calabar South Local Government council of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, one null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. This design was considered appropriate because the researcher had no direct control of the independent variables. A sample of two hundred and forty (240) staff were randomly selected for the study. This selection was done through stratified random sampling technique. Employment Compensation and Organizational Productivity Questionnaires was the main instrument used for data collection. The instrument was subjected to validation and reliability using trial test and Cronbach Alpha method to obtain the reliability coefficient which ranges from. 80 to .90.

Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was the statistical tool adopted to test the hypothesis under study. The hypothesis was subjected to testing at 0.05 level of significance with relative degrees of freedom. The result of the analysis revealed that employees compensation significantly related to organizational productivity. Based on the finding of the study, it was recommended that the employees compensation should be reviewed periodically upwards to enhance productivity.