The Effect of Reward on Employee Performance in Kano State Board of Internal Revenue

• Published in: International journal of global business 2017-12, Vol.10 (2), p.1-16
• Main Authors: Abasili, Felista Ngozi, Bambale, Abdu Ja'afaru, Aliyu, Muktar Shehu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Compensation; Employees; Employers; Employment; Government employees; Job performance; Performance management; Productivity; Public sector; Quality of service; Rewards; Skills; State government; Studies; Variables; Wages & salaries; Workers
• ISSN: 2151-7541; 1945-1792

The study seeks to investigate the direct relationship between reward and employee performance using the variables including salary, bonus, incentive, promotion, recognition, pension and gratuity as independent variables and performance as dependent variable. The research adopted descriptive survey research design, whereby questionnaire was used to elicit information from a sample of282 respondents sampled from a population of 1050 employees of Kano State Board of Internal Revenue (KSBIR) using purposive sampling technique. The study made used of Multiple Regression and Pearson Correlation techniques to analyze the data collected with the aid of SPSS version 20 statistical software package. It was found that there is a significant relationship between employee performance with salary, Bonus and Incentive, Promotion and Recognition. But Pension and Gratuity has a negative and statistically insignificant impact on employee performance. The study made some useful recommendations including the exigency of a fair, moderate, dynamic pay reward system that should be reflective of the prevailing societal costs of living. Also the research will benefit both federal and state government revenue services and future researchers who wish to carry further research on this.