Abstract:
Increased employee productivity is a concern of every industry, and fringe benefits motivate
employees to have high productivity. Although fringe benefits are offered at Tanganyika Planting
Company to improve employees' productivity, little is known about their influence on their
productivity. Therefore, the study assessed the influence of fringe benefits on employees' productivity
at TPC using three specific objectives; to determine the effects of health protection benefits on
employees' productivity, to find out the influence of retirement benefits on employees' productivity,
and to evaluate effects of profit-sharing on employees' productivity. Two theories, reinforcement, and
expectancy, guided the study. The study employed mixed research and sampled 330 respondents from
1900 a targeted population composed of employees from seven departments at TPC. The respondents
were sampled using stratified, simple random, and purposive sampling techniques. The survey
questionnaires and the interview guide were used to collect data. The quantitative data were analysed
in SPSS version 24.0 using simple descriptives in frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics
were analysed in regression in SPSS version 24.0, and the results were presented in tables. The
qualitative data was analysed using thematic coding. The study determined that health protection
benefits, retirement benefits, and profit sharing significantly positively influenced employees'
productivity at TPC, Tanzania. The study concluded that all the variables contained in health
protection, retirement benefits, and profit-sharing improved employee productivity. The study
recommended that TPC management, Tanzania Ministries of Health, and Labour and Employment
should collaborate and improve the existing fringe benefits packages to make them more attractive
and motivating to employees to realize more productivity. The study contributes to existing knowledge
by establishing the influence of TPC health protection benefits, retirement benefits, and profit sharing
and how they singularly contribute to employees' performance.
