The effect of motivation on employees’ performance: empirical evidence from the Brong Ahafo Education Directorate
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2014-07-17
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Abstract
Motivation is something that moves the person to action and continues him the cause of
action already initiated. Motivation has the role to develop and intensify the desire of every
member of the organization to work effectively and efficiently in his position. The motivation
for the study was prompted by the low level of concentration on employee motivation as
compared to the employees of other organizations which have caused an acute shortage of
qualified teachers at the basic and 2
nd
cycle (Senior High School) level due to high migration
to other sector (GNAT Report, 2013). Motivation in Ghana Education Service is down, the
workers and the government, who are responsible for implementing the national policies and
programmes relating to pre-tertiary education in the country, have clashed many times in the
recent years over salary and conditions of service (GNAT Report, 2013). It is against this
background that the research investigated into: “The Effect of Motivation on Employees
Performance: Empirical Evidence from the Brong Ahafo Education Directorate”. The general
objective of the study is to determine the Effect of Motivation on Employees; to identify
factors that motivate employees; to determine the employees‟ performance and to assess the
effect of motivation on the employees‟ performance in Asunafo North Municipal Education
Directorate. Mixed methodology, that is questionnaires and interviews were used to gather
data and analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and content
analysis for qualitative aspect. The study has revealed that promotion and opportunity for
advancement are the major motivation factors and the study has also revealed that motivation
level is low in the area of wages and salaries. Ghana Education appears to be paying lowest
wages and salaries in the industry. It is therefore recommended that Ghana Education Service
(management) should consider as a matter of urgency, the need to make upward adjustment
in wages and salaries which will go a long way to reduce the high incidence of labour
turnover.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Managerial Science, Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Business Administration (HRM Option), 2014