By Okpala, Anthony Ugoh
This study examines the impact of fringe benefits on the performance of
workers in the Hotel and Catering industry, with a view to establisl~ing its
importance to the workers and to the industry. This is intended to assert whether
or ncit ,poor fringe benefit schemes could be an impediment to the development of the
sub-sector.
The study is organized in five chapters each of which deals with some specific
aspects of the study.
The first chapter provide a framework for the study. It embodies what niay
be regarded as the proposal for the study and therefore provided the necessary
background information which helped to determine the structure of the study.
The second chapter deals with the review of related literature. It provides the
theoretical foundation upon which the intricacies of the subject-matter were closely
knitted.
Chapter three deals with the research metl~odologyw hich involve a systematic
description and analysis of the tools and methods utilized in the research study. It
also show the different statistical methods employed in the research analysis.
In the fourth chapter, the researcher "waded his feet' into the stream of
research analysis1'. The research data collected in the field through the research tools
were presented and analyzed. Also, the hypothesis that guided data collection were
verified. A brief summary of the entire work is presented in the last chapter,
together with conclusion and recommendations.
The findings of the study reveals that fringe benefit is of great inlportance to
the workers in the industry, and to the industry. And also, that poor fringe benefit
schemes could serve as an impediment to the development of the sub-sector because
of its importance. The study made recommendatioi~s that will help to remedy the
situation, to engender a smooth and faster development of the Hotel and Catering
industry in Nigeria.