Relationship Between Compensation and Employees’ Job Performance in Ministry of Education in Adamawa State.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to ascertain relationship between compensation and employees’ job performance in Ministry of Education in Adamawa State. three research questions were raised for the study while three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 1,540 Staff in all the 21 Local Government Area of the Adamawa State. The sample for the study consisted of 1,232 staff in the Ministry of Education Adamawa State obtained by proportionate sampling technique. Compensation Rating Scale (CRS) and Employees’ Job Performance Rating Scale (EJPRS) were used to collect data. The instruments were validated by three experts, two in the Department of Educational Management and Policy and the other in the Department of Educational Foundations (Measurement and Evaluation Unit). The reliability coefficients of the instruments were established using Cronbach alpha statistics. Coefficients of 0.862 and 0.806 were respectively obtained for CRS and EJPRS. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient and Pearson Correlation critical value table. The findings of the study revealed that a high positive and significant relationship existed on the relationship between compensation packages and employees’ job performances in the Ministry of Education. The findings of the study further revealed that there is a very high positive and significant relationship between salary and bonus package and employees’ job performances in the Ministry of Education. It was recommended among others that Ministry of Education should ensure that they retain their employees’ salary and bonus packages so as to improve the job performance of their employees.