BASE PAY AND WORKERS COMMITMENT OF NON-ACADEMIC STAFF OF RIVERS STATE OWNED UNIVERSITIES IN PORT-HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between base pay and workers commitment of non-academic staff of Rivers State Owned Universities, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through self-administered questionnaire. The population for the study was (1503) one thousand five hundred and three non-academic staff from the universities of Rivers State Owned Universities, Nigeria. The sample size of 316 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. The study findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between employee compensation and workers commitment of non-academic staff of Rivers State Owned universities Port-Harcourt. The study therefore recommended that management of Rivers State owned universities should adopt the dimensions of employee compensation used in this study as strategies to improve the level of commitment of their non-academic staff. The study recommended that the Management of Rivers State Owned Universities staff should make their base pay package very attractive so that it can serve as incentive and stimulate worker’s commitment.
Keywords: Base Pay, Workers Commitment, Affective Commitment, Normative Commitment, Cognitive Commitment
CITATION: Jukume, J., Oparanma, A. O., & Tamunomiebi, M. D. (2020). Base pay and workers commitment of non-academic staff of rivers state owned universities in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 422 – 429.
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