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IMPACT OF BASIC SALARY AND BONUS INCENTIVES ON EMPLOYEES’ ATTITUDE TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES IN EKITI STATE

Babatunde, Olayinka Funmi & Ige, Olusegun Micheal

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Abstract

The study examined the impact of basic salary and bonus incentives on employees’ attitude to work in government ministries in Ekiti State. The study adopted descriptive research of a survey type. The population for the study comprised 1715 staff members in ministries in Ekiti State and sample of 324 among the staffs in the ministries which was randomly selected. Self-constructed questionnaires titled "incentives package, and employee attitude towards work in the ministries in Ekiti State" was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts and reliability was ensured through Crombach Alpha test and a coefficient of 0.80 was obtained. The data gathered for this study were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency tables, percentages, mean, standard deviation, and grand mean value were used to answer the research questions while chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that there was a significant impact of basic salary on employees’ job satisfaction in selected ministries in Ekiti State. The study also found bonus incentives has a significant influence of on employees’ job involvement in Ekiti State. The study concluded that salary and bonus are very important financial incentives that can motivate staff to have positive attitude towards work in all the ministries in Ekiti State. Therefore, it is recommended that government should be regular in paying salaries so that employees can be motivated to carry out their duties as expected.

Keywords: Attitude, Salary, Bonus, Incentive, Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement.