Bappa Salisu, J (2016) The impact of compensation on public sector construction workers in Jigawa State of Nigeria. PhD thesis, University of Wolverhampton, UK.
Abstract
Compensation is the remuneration which workers receive for their services or contributions to the organisation. The literature reviewed showed that compensation packages have relationship with workers' motivation, job satisfaction, attraction and retention. On this basis, this study established a conceptual framework based on equity theory and used it to examine how compensation might be influencing workers' motivation, job satisfaction, attraction and retention in the Ministry of Works and Transport of Jigawa State of Nigeria. The dependent variables considered in this study are limited to salary, allowance, gratuity, and pension as independent variables while the corresponding motivation, job satisfaction, attraction and retention are the dependent variables. The Positivist paradigm guided this empirical research; which holds the principle that knowledge is arrived at through the gathering of facts that provide the basis of laws. Thus, a quantitative research design was employed. A questionnaire was developed, pilot-tested and administered to gather data on workers' motivation, job satisfaction, attraction and retention regarding four job compensable aspects, namely: salary, allowances, gratuity and ... (continues)
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Suresh, S |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | job satisfaction; motivation; quantitative research; Nigeria |
| Index terms: | paradigm, compensation, construction worker, quantitative research, retention, package, job satisfaction, public sector, Nigeria, independent variable, questionnaire, dependent variable, conceptual framework, motivation |
| Subjects: | dispute resolution, data collection methods, data analysis and analytics, education and knowledge transfer, management, administrative law, statistical analysis, practitioner, contractual arrangements, psychology, Geography, theoretical framing |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Human Resources, Geographical Context, Procurement, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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