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Variable Compensation and Organisational Performance Of Bank Employees In Delta State

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  • Eromafuru, Edward Godbless

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka)

  • Aruoren, Emmanuel Ejiroghene

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka)

  • Okogbe, Uwomano Justina

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka)

Abstract

The study examined the impact of bonuses on organizational performance; evaluated the impact of commissions on organizational performance; examined the impact of profit-sharing on organizational and assessed the impact of equity-based incentives on thr organizational performance of Bank Employees.. Descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. The target population was 280 which comprised of employees from five randomly selected banks in Delta State from which a sample size of 162 was selected. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection; descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis and multiple regressions were used to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS 25 at a significant level of 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that, there is a significant relationship between: bonuses and organisational performance of bank employees; commissions and organisational performance; profit-sharing and organisational performance; no significant relationship between equity-based incentives and organisational performance of bank employees. It was recommended among others that organizations should engage and retain their staff; this will help to safe cost of training new employees and other extra expenses incur via recruits and training.

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  • Eromafuru, Edward Godbless & Aruoren, Emmanuel Ejiroghene & Okogbe, Uwomano Justina, 2025. "Variable Compensation and Organisational Performance Of Bank Employees In Delta State," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 9(5), pages 3343-3360, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-5:p:3343-3360
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