The effect of motivation on employee performance: A case study of Nakaloke Town Council.
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2013-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Abstract
The study set out to investigate the relationship between motivation and the level of Employee
performance. The study had three objectives: to examine the motivation practices used in
Nakaloke Town Council, to examine factors affecting Employee performance in Nakaloke Town
Council, and to establish the relationship between motivation and Employee performance.
The study used a case study strategy which is College of humanities and social science and an
explanatory research design. To achieve the set objectives the study used stratified random
sampling in sample selection by grouping the Employees according to management levels. There
after simple random sampling was applied to select respondents. A sample of 30 respondents
was selected which comprised Employees of Nakaloke Town Council.
The study revealed that Nakaloke Town Council carries out motivation of its Employees in
many ways including; provision of fringe benefits, paying bonuses to good workers, giving a
sense of responsibility, promotion of consistently good workers and treating the workers equally.
However, the study also revealed that the council does not use motivation tools including;
remuneration, training, involvement of Employees in decision making, and rotation of
Employees. The study fmiher revealed that motivation is the major factor that affects Employee
performance. The study showed a direct strong and positive relationship between Employee
motivation and the performance ofNakaloke Town Council employee which is evidenced by the
Pearson correlation of(r= 0.823**), significance level =0.01.
Conclusively, the researcher found out that motivation has a positive influence on Employee
productivity and that if the management ofNakaloke Town Council strengthens their motivation
practices, Employees would perform more excellently hence attaining organizational goals.
The researcher recommends that the Council should always carry out thorough study on the
various motivational practices that can motivate the specific Employees such that they can apply
the right tools appealing to' the Employees since the council's biggest challenge had been using
particular motivational tools which would act as dissatisfies to some Employees.
Description
A dissertation Submitted to the Department of Public Administration,
College of Humanities and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor's Degree of Public
Administration of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Motivation, Employee Performance, Effects, Nakaloke Town Council