EFFECT OF COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF OF KANO STATE POLYTECHNIC

ABSTRACT Compensation management is a concept which is not usually given attention in many organizations. Compensation is mostly viewed as cash and therefore other aspects are neglected. Viewing compensation as a holistic system to manage for productivity is pertinent to organizational development .therefore, this study sough to examine the effect of compensation management on employee productivity among academic staff of Kano State polytechnic, A Sample size of 60 respondents was captured from the academic staff of Kano State polytechnic in Nigeria. Out of the population of 590 through Krejcie and morgan table of sample size determination. Non probability sampling technique was used that involved convenience sampling technique and data were obtained through a structured close-ended questionnaire. Simple percentage table was used to test hypotheses of the study, using chi-square. The results revealed that the first hypotheses direct compensation have significance effect on employee productivity, while indirect compensation as the second hypotheses have insignificant effect on employee productivity among academic staff of Kano State polytechnic. On the bases of these findings, a number of recommendations for compensation management in an organization toward achieving employee’s productivity were made.