JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

REWARD SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

FAKIYESI Taiwo Stephen, FALEYE Olubunmi Christianah, FAKIYESI Oyindamola Adesola, AJETUNMOBI Precious Folashade., ADEYEMO Foluke Helen

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between reward systems and employees’ commitment in selected public universities in Southwest, Nigeria. While reward system was measured with salary, allowance and promotion, employees’ commitment was disaggregated into affective and normative commitment. This study adopted a descriptive research design. The population for this study covered all the 10,553 academic staff, out of which 385 academic staff were sampled using Yamane (1964) formulae. The study adopted proportionate and random sampling techniques. For the data analysis, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. Findings from the study revealed that; salaries have a positive significant effect on the employee commitment in public universities in Southwest, Nigeria; Allowance has a positive effect on employee commitment in the public universities in Southwest, Nigeria. However, the positive effect is only significant for affective commitment against the insignificant positive effect on continuance and normative commitment. Based on the findings made, it was established that reward system has the capacity to influence employee commitment in the public universities in Southwest, Nigeria. It is recommended that across all the higher institutions in Nigeria, employee commitment should not be jettisoned, polluted and jeopardized as they serve as they contribute to the sustainability of the higher institutions in Nigeria.

Keyword: Reward System, Salaries, Allowance, Promotion, Employees’ commitment, Affective commitment, normative commitment