Volume: Vol. 10 No. 1 | Page: 69-84
Micah Damilola John
WELFARE SERVICE AND EMPLOYEES’ MOTIVATION IN GUINESS COMPANY, LAGOS NIGERIA
Abstract:

This study investigated the influence of welfare package on employees’ motivation in a Nigeria brewery company. The multistage sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents on whom questionnaire were administered. In-depth Interviews (IDIs) were also conducted. The mean age of respondents was 29 giving a standard deviation of 2.3 and with the prevalence of male (63.3%), married (70.0%), income N110,001 and above (46.0%) and Bachelor Degree (44.7%). Access to welfare packages consisted of medical health care (91.3%), car loan (76.0%), staff housing (19.3%) and off/on the job training (90.7%) and (89.3%) respectively. Consequently, 85.3% of the employees expressed high level of motivation due to welfare services available. At the levels of employees’ status, professionals (69.6%), managerial (88.9%), skilled non manual (89.8%) and skilled manual (78.6%) expressed high level of motivation. Respondents remained committed to the goal of the organization as there was desire for job retention and readiness to sustain productivity. Employees that benefitted from welfare package were excited and exhibited positive attitude to sustain their productivity. Organization should regularly review its welfare package services to be competitive. This should be done by agreement between management and workers’ unions.

Keywords: Welfare package; Motivation; Productivity; Job Retention.
Citation: Micah Damilola John (2018). WELFARE SERVICE AND EMPLOYEES’ MOTIVATION IN GUINESS COMPANY, LAGOS NIGERIA. African Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 10 No. 1, 69-84.
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