Incentives Packages and Employees’ Attitudes to Work: A Study Of Selected Government Parastatals In Ogun State, South-West, Nigeria

摘要

For any organization to compete favourably in the competitive society, employees’ attitudes and commitment towards work goes audlong way in determining the employees’ performance and organization productivity. The main objective of this study is to examineudthe effect of incentives packages on employees’ attitudes towards work. A descriptive research method was adopted for this studyudusing one hundred twenty valid questionnaires which were completed by members of staff of four (4) selected governmentudparastartals in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria using stratified and systematic sampling technique. The data collected wereudcarefully analyzed using percentage supported by standard deviation to represent the raw data in a meaningful manner. The resultsudshow that strong relationship exists between incentives packages and employees’ attitudes towards work and the workers are notudsatisfied with the present incentives packages. The summary of the findings indicates that there is strong correlation between theudtested dependent variable and independent construct. However, employers of labour and decision makers should endeavour toudreview incentives packages at various levels in order to earn employees’ commitment and satisfaction.