Work commitment among teachers: The roles of compensation and performance appraisal in Ikenne Local Government, Ogun State

The purpose of this study was to examine the potential influence of compensation and performance appraisal on work commitment among teachers in Ikenne, Ogun state. Descriptive research design was adopted and the sample size of one hundred and forty-one (141) teachers from five (5) secondary schools in the area of study were selected through total enumeration technique. Three validated instruments namely Work Commitment scale, Compensation scale and Performance appraisal scale with reliability coefficient of 0.53, 0.898 and 0.788 respectively were adopted and used for data collection. One research question was analyzed using descriptive statistics while four hypotheses postulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance using multiple regression analysis. The finding of this study revealed significant combined influence of compensation and performance appraisal on teachers work commitment (F (2,138) = 59.855, P < .05). It further revealed that compensation and performance appraisal jointly accounted for about 46% of variance in teachers work commitment (Adj. R2= .457).  A significant relative influence of the independent variables on work commitment was also discovered while findings also show that monetary compensation is the package mostly available to teachers. Based on the findings, it was concluded that teachers should be compensated for their hard work as it makes them more committed to their work. It was recommended that that school administrators should administer performance appraisals to ensure teachers are more productive in their work. Compensations such as promotions, monetary rewards and awards should be based on the results of these performance appraisals so as to ensure commitment of the teachers.