Abstract:
The industrial action is a recurring decimal in labour management relation. That is where workers and employer meet in the name of production or work, conflict is inevitable it is on this basis the study examined compensation management and industrial action in work organization: a study of Lagos state university (LASU), Ojoo - Nigeria.
The research employed the Marxist theory and Pluralistic perspective as framework. The age respondents were a total of three hundred and eighty respondents which representing 50.0% male and 50% represents female which implies that there is equal number of male and female who participated in this survey. As a matter of fact, it was revealed in the study that majority of the respondents (35.0%) disagreed with the issue of employees’ salaries/wages being regular thereby causing no work stoppages. Similarly, 35. 0% which represented the majority did not agree with the buoyancy of employees’ salaries that could prevent industrial action. It was equally shown that the University management of LASU did not handle pension benefits and arrears effectively in order to prevent strike action as claimed by 38.7% of the respondents. Hypothesis 1 showed significant relationship between employees’ salaries/wages and work stoppages. Hypothesis 2 revealed a significant relationship between indirect compensation and strike action. Hypothesis 3 indicated no significant relationship between retirement plan and labour – management rift. Hypothesis 4 showed significant relationship between employees’ pay rise and picketing in the workplace.
Since conflict has come to stay between labour and employer in work relation ,it should be well managed. It was therefore recommended by the study that union leaders and management in LASU should regularly undergo training in conflict management skills in order to pave way for appropriate ways to manage rift at any point in time. It also recommends that the management of LASU should ensure workers participation in management as a platform to establish industrial peace and harmony in the workplace.
