Incentive schemes for local government employees and community development in Kontagora Niger State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Waziri, Musa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-22T07:57:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-22T07:57:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-11 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation presented to the College Of Higher Degrees and research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of the Degree of Masters Of Arts in Public Administration and Management of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated incentive schemes and community development in Kontagora Local Government, Niger State, Nigeria. The following objectives guided the study: i) to determine the level of incentive schemes in terms of cash incentives, recognition and special opportunities among employees in Kontagora Local Government; ii) to establish the extent of community development in terms of agricultural productivity, access to information and political participation in Kontagora Local Government and iii) to examine the relationship between incentive schemes and community development in Kontagora Local Government. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design. Data were collected using researcher devised questionnaires. Pearson correlation (r) was used to establish the correlation between incentive schemes and community development. Regression analysis was used to establish the variations between the independent and dependent variables. The study findings in regard to the level of incentive schemes revealed a general average mean of (2.97) which was interpreted as satisfactory. In regard to the level of community development, the study established a general average mean of (3.42) and was interpreted as very satisfactory. The study established a negative correlation between the level of incentive schemes among employees and the level of community development hence the null hypothesis was accepted. Regression analysis results revealed that the variations in the level of incentive schemes could only affect 0.6% of the variations in the level of community development. The study concluded that the Local Government uses incentive schemes such as cash incentives, recognition and special opportunities but with a lot of biasness. The local community also has poor information access and they do not participate in voting. The study recommended that the institution should employ mixed reward system, that is, both cash and non cash reward system in order to motivate their employees. In order to improve information access, the study recommended that more funds should be allocated to construct modern roads. In order to encourage the local mass to participate in voting, the study recommended the involvement of different stakeholders, the media and NGOs in sensitizing the local mass on the importance of voting. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/10070 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Incentive schemes | en_US |
| dc.subject | local government | en_US |
| dc.subject | Employees | en_US |
| dc.subject | Community | en_US |
| dc.subject | Development | en_US |
| dc.title | Incentive schemes for local government employees and community development in Kontagora Niger State, Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |