Effects of Motivation on job Performance of Local Government workers in Ghana: A case study of Atwima Nwabiagya District Assembly in the Ashanti Region
Journal Title: International Journal of Management Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
Motivation is very important to growth and development of every business. Motivation continues to be a well-research topic to both academics and the business companies. The aim of motivation is to have well motivated employees that can give out their best. The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of motivation on job performance of District Assemblies Workers in Ashanti Region. Today, workplace motivation plays a key role for workplace productivity and quality. The researcher indicated the lack of employees’ motivation brings high absenteeism and high cost .In other to achieve the purpose of the study, qualitative and quantitative case study methodology was used and questionnaires administered using a simple random sampling. The findings show that employees prefer higher salaries as a main incentive to higher job performance. It was able to found out that 40% of the employees are de-motivated due to poor working conditions in the organization which affirms Herzberg theory Y. Today, employees are more motivated by intrinsic factors rather than extrinsic. However, we cannot overlook both in motivating employees.
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Charles Akomea Bonsu, Anthony Kusi
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