KIU Journal of Humanities
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Date
2016-06
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences Kampala International University, Uganda
Abstract
The study analyzed the prepotency of needs and reward valence of employees in
the Uganda’s Ministry of Local Governments. Specifically, the study aimed at determining
the influence of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, that is; physiological needs, safety needs,
belonging needs esteem-needs and self —actualization needs on reward valence of the
employees of the government ministry of Local Governments in Uganda, comparing if
there was a significant difference between male and female respondents as to: extent of
prepotency of needs and level of reward valence; and establishing if there was a significant
relationship between prepotency of needs and level of reward valence, Standardized - Self-
Administered Questionnaires by Reasoner (1976) (SAQs) together with a Research Devised
Questionnaire were utilized for data collection. Data were analyzed using frequency and
percentage distribution to determine the demographic characteristics of all respondents of
the study while the mean and standard deviations were used in determining the extent of
prepotency of needs and level of reward valence. An item analysis was used to illustrate the
strengths and weaknesses based on the indicators in terms of mean and rank. The Analysis
of Variance (ANOVA) was utilized to test the difference between means of hypothesis one
(14041) at 0.05 level of significance. A multiple correlation co-efficient to test the
hypothesis (Ho#2) at 0.05 level of significance using a t-test was employed. The regression
analysis R2 (coefficient of determination) was computed to determine the influence of the
dependent variable on the independent variable. The study revealed that there was influence
of; physiological needs, safety needs, belonging needs esteem needs and self-actualization
on reward valence was satisfactorily meant for both the male and female respondents. From
the findings, the researcher concluded that the employees, physiological needs, safety needs,
belonging needs, esteem needs and self — actualization needs were fairly met in the
Government Ministry. The researcher recommended that the government should set up
policies and guidelines to identify and meet the needs of employees; find ways of rewarding
employees by enhancing their salaries, allowances and other motivational strategies. All
these should be gender sensitive.
Description
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Kampala International University
Keywords
Humanities, Social Sciences