Assessing the disparities in compensation policies and its impact on employees performance. A case study of Catholic Health Services in Ashanti region

Abstract

The study assessed pay disparity impact on catholic health workers within the Ashanti region of Ghana. Specifically, the objectives of the study were; to examine the kind of perceived pay differentials that exist at the Catholic Health Service, to examine the nature of relationship that exists between perceived pay differentials and employees’ performance at the Catholic Health Service and finally to assess the reaction of employees in senior and lower positions regarding the differentials in the catholic Health Service pay system. With this study, quantitative methodology was adopted. The target population for the study was drawn from four catholic hospitals namely; St. Michael hospital at Jachie-Pramso, St. Martin’s hospital at Manso-Agroyesum, St. Patrick’s Hospital at Offinso and St. Peter’s Clinic at Ntoboroso all within the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A simple random sampling was used in selecting the respondents for the study. Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling table was uesd to determine the sample size for the 200 population size. Based on the table, the sample size for the study employed was 132 based on 95% confidence level and 5.0% error of margin (i.e. ±5 per cent). The study used questionnaires based on a 5 point Likert scale to collect data from the employees’ respondents whereas interview schedule was used to collect information from the existing pay arrangement from the catholic health directorate human resource department. The study distributed 132 questionnaires to the selected samples from the four catholic hospitals within the Ashanti Region of Ghana. From the questionnaires distributed, a total of 102 completed questionnaires were received. Nevertheless, out of these questionnaires, 96 were usable for analysis, giving an effective response rate of 76.2%.