Perceived Compensation, Employee Motivation and Financial effects among Staff Members at St. Elizabeth Secondary School Kayunga

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between perceived compensation, employee motivation and financial effects among staff members at St. Elizabeth Secondary School Kayunga. The research study was guided by the following objectives; To find out whether perceived compensation and motivation relates to financial effects. To find out whether motivation relates to financial effects and to find out the relationship between perceived compensation and financial effects. The study adopted a correlation design because the variables to be studied needed to test the cause and effect relationship as well as showing the numeric differences. Table 6 shows that there is no significance relationship between Perceived Compensation and Employee motivation. This is because the level of significant at .661 is greater in magnitude than the level of significance at 0.05 (r =.051, p =.661>0.05). Table 7 shows that there is a positive correlation between employee motivation and financial effects. This is because the level of significance at 0.000 is less in magnitude than the level of significance at 0.05 (r =.434, p =.000 < 0.05). Table 8 shows that there is no significant relationship between perceived compensation and employee motivation. This is because the level of significance at 0.233 is greater in magnitude than the level of significance at 0.05 (r =.135, p =.233 > 0.05). it was concluded that; Perceived compensation is one of the most sensitive areas of the organization where by the employee motivation and financial effects is based. Organizations with clear commission, terms and conditions ensures a favorable work environment that will motivate employees either or both intrinsically and extrinsically and once employees are in such a position they are most likely to deliver effectively which enables the Organization to achieve high level of financial effects in the long run. Therefore, managers of St Elizabeth primary school need to improve on them, promote possible measures of Perceived compensation if they need positive results from their employees