Effect of Salary Schemes On Employee Productivity A Case Study of Sony Sugar Company of Rongo District, Nyanza Province

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DECLARATION .......................................................................................... i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................. ............ ii

DEDICATION .................................................................... : ...... : ................ iii

TABLE OF

CONTENTS .............................................................................................. iv

LIST OF

TABLES ........................................................................... ......................... vii

LIST OF

FIGURES ................................................................................................. viii

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................. ix

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. x

CHAPTER ONE ........... : ............................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ............................................................................................... I

COMP ANY BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................... 2

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM .............................................................................................. 5

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 6

RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................................................ 7

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS .......................................................................................................... 8

SIGNIFICA.NCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................... 9

THE SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ............................................................... 10

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CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................ 11

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................. 11

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 11

CONCEPTUAL DEBATE ........................................................................................................... I I

SALARY SCHEME .......................................................................... "'····················· .................... 11

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................... : ......... : ................................ 13

EMPIRICAL DEBATE ................................................................................................................ 17

SALARY SCHEME ..................................................................................................................... 17

ANNUALIZED SALARY SCHEME .......................................................................................... 17

PENSION SCHEME .................................................................................................................... 17

CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ........................................................................... 18

FRIDGE BENEFIT ...................................................................................................................... 18

THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................ 18

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 20

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .........•....•..............••.................•................•.............................•. 20

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 20

RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................................................................................. 20

TARGET POPULATION ............................................................................................................ 20

SAMPLING DESIGN AND PROCEDURE ................................................................................ 21

DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT AND METHODS ........................................................ 21

DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND PRESENTATION METHOD .................................. 22

CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................................... 23

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION .......................................................................... 23

INTRODUC"l'ION ........................................................................................................................ 23

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 23

SALARY SCHEME ..................................................................................................................... 27

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................ 3 6

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 36

ANALYSIS FROM HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT ......... .-......................................... 37

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 40

RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................. 40

REFERENCE .............................................................................................................................. 44

APPENDIX I ............................................................................................................................... 46

APPENDIX II ............................................................................................................................. 47

APPENDIX III ........................................................................ ............................ 50

APPENDIX IV: Duration of the study ...................................................................... 53

APPENDIX V: Estimated Budget for the dissertation ............................................. 54