Effect of Compensation and Work Environment on Employee Performance Among Public Secondary School Teachers in Kano: The Role of Work Motivation

The study examines the effect of compensation and work environment on employee performance among public secondary school teachers in Kano, Nigeria. The role of work motivation. The population of the study consists of 11834 teachers and a sample size of 372 was drawn from the population. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis. The findings revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between promotion, training and organizational culture on employee performance, reward has no significant positive relationship with employee performance, work motivation was found to mediate the relationship between promotion, training, organizational culture and employee performance. Therefore, the study recommends that employee welfare should be given considerable attention, and teachers should be promoted as at when due. In addition, training should be provided so as to acquire new skills and new strategies which will enhance teachers’ performance.