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The Role of Compensation on Job Satisfaction, Employee Performance and Organisational Performance

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Katabalo, Careen V., Mwita, Kelvin M.·2024·SCIENCE MUNDI
DOI 10.51867/scimundi.4.1.12
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Present research looked at the role of compensation on job satisfaction, employee performance and organisational performance. The study was underpinned through social-exchange theory. Further, research used quantitative approach through which gathering data employed questionnaires. Descriptive research design was adopted. Research used one of Tanzania’s public organisations as a case study. The study opted to collect data from all the employees (107) of the organization hence sampling was not done. Out of 107 respondents, data were collected from 85 respondents which accounts for a response rate of 82.5%. Collected data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive outcomes involved frequencies, means and standard deviations while those from inferential statistics were correlations and regressions. The study found compensation has significant positive influence on job satisfaction (β=.790, P-value=.000), employee performance (β=.429, P-value=.000), and organisational performance (β=.551, P-value=.000. The study calls for organisations to design and use effective compensation polices, strategies and practices to create supportive environment for employees to attain job satisfaction, employee performance and organisational performance as well.

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  • Some employees are more highly influenced by extrinsic rewards, and others are more influenced by intrinsic rewards like appreciation and recognition.

    “Others are more highly influenced by extrinsic rewards, and others are more influenced by intrinsic rewards like appreciation and recognition (Katabalo & Mwita, 2024;Manzoor et al., 2021).”

    From Rewards and Employee Performance in Government Agencies: Evidence from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda (2026) · cites this paper as Katabalo & Mwita, 2024

    The Abstract (page unavailable) reports that compensation positively influenced job satisfaction and performance, but does not compare employees’ responses to extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Searches for “appreciation recognition” and “intrinsic extrinsic” returned no passage in our copy addressing differing reward preferences. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • Employees in East Africa vary in their responses to reward structure depending on institutional context, individual preference, and quality of implementation.

    “Employees in East Africa vary with their responses to reward structure in three contexts; institutional, depending on the individual preference, and performance of the quality of implementation.”

    From Rewards and Employee Performance in Government Agencies: Evidence from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda (2026) · cites this paper as Katabalo & Mwita, 2024

    The Abstract (page unavailable) reports a positive association between compensation and outcomes among employees of one Tanzanian public organisation. It does not address whether employees across East Africa respond differently to reward structures according to institutional context, individual preference, or implementation quality. Searches for those factors returned no relevant passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Katabalo, C. V., & Mwita, K. M.
Affiliations
Mzumbe University (TZ)
ORCID
Mwita, Kelvin M.
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SCIENCE MUNDI
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AJER Publishing
Published
2024-06-21
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
137-148
ISSN
2788-5844 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.51867/scimundi.4.1.12
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W4400251399
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Motivation
Keywords
compensation, job satisfaction, employee performance, organizational performance, social exchange theory, public sector employees, compensation policy, Tanzania

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