ORGANISATIONAL REWARD SYSTEMS AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT OF BOTTLE WATER FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the relationship between Organisational Reward System and Employee Commitment of bottle water firms in Rivers state, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. The population of the study consisted of 167 employees from 10 bottle water firms in Rivers state which has been in operation over a decade and above. This study adopted a census sampling technique as the population was considered reasonable and justifiable to be study. Hence the sample size is 167 respondents. The Cronbach's Alpha indicates a reliability index of .938 which indicate that the items are reliable. Demographic data were adopted using charts, univariate analysis was adopted using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, Bivariate Data Analysis was done using Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 significance level.  The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between Organisational Reward system and employee commitment of bottle water firms in Rivers state, Nigeria.  The study concluded that reward systems is imperative and essential for enhancing employee commitment of bottle water firms in Rivers state, Nigeria. The study recommended that Management of bottle water firm should adopt adequate financial reward by providing salaries, wages and other benefits as at when due in other to enhance employee commitment.