Pay Satisfaction: A Correlate of Tardiness and Absenteeism among Civil Servants in Delta State
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship among pay satisfaction, tardiness and absenteeism among civil servants in Delta State, Nigeria. Participants in the study were three hundred and eighty-nine (389) civil servants drawn from five ministries in Delta State civil service who comprised one hundred and sixty-six (166) males and two hundred and twenty-three (223) females whose ages ranged from 21 to 59 years with an average age of 36 years and standard deviation of 1.25. Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire by White and Ruh, [1]. Absenteeism scale by Uwannah [2] and Tardiness scale by Uwannah [2] were used as instruments for data collection across seven ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Being a survey study, correlation design and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used as research design and statistics respectively to analyzed data. The analysis of result confirmed that pay satisfaction significantly and negatively correlated tardiness and absenteeism at r (1,389) = -.54, and -.63, p < .05 respectively tardiness and absenteeism. However, positive and significant relationship was found between tardiness and absenteeism at r(1, 389) = .79, p < .05. The finding validates that perception pay satisfaction has expected impact on employee job outcome e.g. tardiness behaviour and absenteeism. It is recommended that wage discrepancies among federal, state and local government civil service be harmonized to solve the problem created by state ownership civil service in the 1980s to enhance productivity and employee satisfaction. Keywords: Pay satisfaction, tardiness, absenteeism, civil service, employee effectiveness.
Authors and Affiliations
Ezeh, Leonard Nnaemeka, Etodike, Chukwuemeka Etodike, Ike, Precious Rosemary, Okorocha, Forstina Chinwe
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