Effect of Non-Monetary Rewards on Productivity of Employees Among Selected Government Parastatals In ABIA State, Nigeria

The study analyzed the effect of non-monetary rewards on the productivity of employees among selected Government parastatals in Abia State, Nigeria. A total of 78 civil servants were selected across the parastatal in Abia state using simple random sampling technique from which data and information were elicited from the questionnaire. Analytically, the study employed descriptive statistics, multiple regressions and the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The analysis of factors affecting productivity of employees in Government parastatals in the study area using the multiple regression analysis indicated that Sex of the respondents, Age of respondents, monthly income, days of work in a month, type of non-monetary reward received and responses of respondents with respect to their judgment on effect of non-monetary reward on their productivity all revealed a negative significant contribution to the productivity of the sampled Government parastatal in the study area respectively. More so, marital status of the respondents, Educational qualification of the respondents, position/rank, and number of non-monetary reward received revealed a positive significant contribution all at 1-percent level of probability respectively to the productivity of the employees of sampled government parastatals in the study area. The pearson’s correlation coefficient values indicated that non-monetary rewards and productivity of employees have a positive relationship which is significant at 5% level of probability (2tailed). The study concludes that higher productivity and efficiency of employees in government parastatals is possible with the effective exploitation of human resources through non-monetary rewards and recommends amongst others that Government should motivate their staff more by involving them in self developmental programs with good remuneration payment, incentive packages etc that will signify that the organization needs their personal outputs.