Relationship between reward management strategies and discipline of employees in private universities Uganda.
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2018-04
Authors
Emurugat, Immaculate
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IJAR
Abstract
In private universities, like any other organisation reward management
is one of the strategies used by Human Resource Managers for
attracting and retaining suitable employees as well as facilitating them
to improve their performance through motivation and to comply with
employment legislation and regulation. This study investigated the
relationship between reward management strategies and employee
discipline in private universities in Uganda. The study employed a
descriptive cross-sectional survey research design. Qualitative and
Quantitative approaches were also employed. The sampled universities
are the sampling units and lecturers, University administrators and the
human resource personnel formed the sampling frame. A sample size of
380 respondents was obtained from a population of 7,184 using Krejcie
and Morgan formula. Purposive, Cluster and simple random sampling
techniques were used to obtain the respondents. Questionnaires and
interviews were used to collect data. Quantitative data were analysed
using frequencies, Percentages, Pearson correlation and regression
analysis while qualitative data were arranged thematically and reported
as narrations. The findings were The findings revealed that there was
a significant positive correlation between remuneration and employee
discipline (r = .341; p =.000), employee benefits and employee
discipline (r = .590; p = .000) and promotion and discipline of
employees (r=.679; p=.010). The conclusions showed that there was a
significant correlation between remuneration and employee discipline.
There was a significant positive correlation between employee benefits
and employee discipline. The study further found out that there was a
significant and positive correlation between promotion and discipline
of employees. The study recommended that better remuneration of
employees in an organization have influence on employee discipline.
Therefore, private universities need to embrace better ways of
remunerating employees as this improves commitment to work and
discipline.
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Keywords
Relationship, reward management, Strategies, Discipline, Private Universities, Uganda