Motivation Tools and Work Productivity of Academic Staff in Private Universities in Central Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Edabu, Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-23T08:49:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-23T08:49:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-09 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis Presented To the College of Higher Degrees and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management (Planning) Degree of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was intended to establish the relationship between motivation tools and work productivity of academic staff in private universities in central Uganda. Specifically, the study was to investigate the way motivation tools are applied in private universities in central Uganda as a mechanism for encouraging academic staff to conduct assigned work, to determine the Level of work productivity of the academic staff in the private universities in central Uganda, to establish the relationship between the way motivation tools are applied and the level of academic staff work productivity in private universities in central Uganda, and to establish the difference caused by gender in the way motivation tools are applied and the level of work productivity of the academic staff of private universities in central Uganda. The descriptive comparative survey designs involving a correlational research design was used in this study. 665 respondents participated in the study. They included professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, lecturers, assistant lecturers and teaching assistants. The respondents were selected using Sloven's formula. The proportional stratified sampling technique was employed. While universities were selected using simple random sampling. Data was collected from four private universities which included: 215 academic staff of Kampala International University, 77 academic staff from Nkumba University, 65 academic staff from Uganda Christian University, and 37 academic staff from Cavendish University. The study used 2 sets of non-standardized and research administered questionnaires. Interview guide collected information from 24 academic staff. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, Independent t- sample test and Pearson's linear correlation coefficient. The way motivation tools were applied was disagreed which alludes to unmotivated. The level of academic staff work productivity in private universities was merely agreed which alludes to low productivity. There was no significant relationship between the way motivation tools were applied and level of academic staff work productivity. There was no significant difference caused by sex in the way motivation tools are applied and the level of academic staff work productivity in private universities in central Uganda. In conclusion, academic staffs were unmotivated leading to low productivity. The researcher recommended thus, that through human resource office the university council should improve and implement the staff manual policies concerning staff remuneration, welfare and other financial benefits. The salary offered should be based on labor market conditions, cost of living, and performance in order to retain and avoid high labor turnover of the staff. Research can be conducted on the gaps this study has left, such as investigating self-actualization as it affects intrinsic and extrinsic reward. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/10583 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management (Planning) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Motivation Tools | en_US |
| dc.subject | Work Productivity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic Staff | en_US |
| dc.subject | Private Universities | en_US |
| dc.title | Motivation Tools and Work Productivity of Academic Staff in Private Universities in Central Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |