Abstract

This study examined the contribution of work environment and compensation to the productivity of teachers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and two hundred and eighty five (285) teachers were drawn from both private and public primary and secondary schools through multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. Responses were sought from respondents with standardized questionnaires namely Workplace Outcomes Questionnaire by Wolfeld (2010) with 10 items and reliability coefficient of .738, Employee Compensation Scale by Ajalie (2017) comprising of 5 items with a reliability coefficient of .868, and Productivity Scale with 5 items and Cronbach alpha of .562 developed by Wolfeld (2010) to test the three hypothesis postulated which were analyzed with multiple regression analysis and correlation matrix. Findings revealed a significant combined contribution of work environment and compensation on teachers’ productivity (F(2, 282) = 71.790, p < .05) accounting for 33.3% of the variance in teachers’ productivity (Adj. R2 =.333); significant relative contribution of compensation to teachers’ productivity (? = .533, p < .05) but a non-significant relative contribution of work environment to teachers’ productivity (? = .076, p > .05). Furthermore, there are significant and positive relationships among work environment, compensation, and teachers’ productivity with the strongest relationship being between work environment and compensation (r = .587, p < .05) followed by compensation and teachers’ productivity (r = .578, p < .05) and lastly by work environment and teachers’ productivity (r = .389, p < .05).  Based on the findings, it was concluded that good compensation plan enhances teachers’ productivity and it was recommended that government as well as management of private schools should ensure regular payment of salaries, improve on the existing compensation packages to embrace both financial and non-financial rewards while future research on this topic may be extended to the whole of South-West, Nigeria.