IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE RESEARCH (JPASWR )

E-ISSN 2504-3597
P-ISSN 2695-2440
VOL. 9 NO. 1 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/jpaswr.v9.no1.2024.pg31.37

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The Relationship Between Compensation Incentives and Teacher’s Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools in Delta State

OLOBIA, Oghenevwoke Rita

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Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between compensation incentives and teacher’s job satisfaction in secondary schools in Delta State. The design of the study was correlational survey. The population for the study consisted of 11,777 teachers in public secondary schools in the three Senatorial Districts of Delta State. The sample of the study consisted of 589 teachers in public secondary schools in Delta State selected using stratified sampling technique. Compensation Incentives Scale (CIS) and Teacher’s Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS) were the instruments used for data collection. CIS and TJSS were face validated by three experts. The reliability of CIS and TJSS was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a reliability index of 0.72 and 0.78, respectively. The data generated were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results showed that: there was a significant relationship between financial compensation incentives and teacher’s job satisfaction; and there was a significant relationship between non-financial compensation incentives and teacher’s job satisfaction. The researcher concluded that compensation incentives have positive relationship with teacher’s job satisfaction. The study, among others, recommended that government and school management should provide motivational packages such as free medical care, free accommodation, transport allowances, rent allowances and responsibilities allowances to teachers to motivate teachers towards the teaching job.

keywords:

Financial Compensation Incentives, Non-Financial Compensation Incentives, Job

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