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    Employees’ Perception towards Compensation and Benefit Policy: The Case of Some Selected Government Higher Education Institutions in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06) Kelil, Ahmed; Bekele, Teshome (PhD)
    This study examined the perception of employees regarding the compensation and benefit policy in government higher education institutions found in Addis Ababa. 150 employees from three institutes namely Addis Ababa University, Ethiopian Civil Service College, and Kotobe College of teachers’ education participated in this study and 96 questionnaires were returned that gave a response rate of 64%. Data was collected using a set of questionnaires which consists three parts including demographic information of respondents, 30 likert’s scale perception items, and additional and open-ended questions. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics using SPSS 15.0; number, percentage, and mean rating were used to present the perception of the respondents. Findings showed that employees perceived the current compensation and benefits inadequate, employees did not participate in compensation and benefits decision, it is not periodically updated and communicated to employees. Moreover, it was perceived that the effectiveness of compensation and benefits was not evaluated and the policy was no revised. It was recommended that the compensation and benefit policy should be periodically revised taking into account the market conditions and nature of the job. The analysis indicated that there was no significant difference in perception between gender and job category there was a slight difference between age groups, educational qualification, work experience, and salary level of employees. Key Words: Compensation and benefits; Employee’s perception; higher education