THE IMPACTS OF MOTIVATION ON WORKE’S PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN KADUNA STATE
THE IMPACTS OF MOTIVATION ON WORKE’S PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY IN KADUNA STATE
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2011-06
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LEO, DODO SHANUM
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Abstract
The pace at which local government service is deterioting in Nigeria is alarming.
The fall in performance and productivity of the workers of the local governments
in Kaduna state is of a great concern to the stakeholders. These unfortunate
situations are roped on poor management, undue political interference, poor
remunerations, lack of prompt promotion, nonpayment of staff entitlements and
other fringe benefits due for the staff in the service and the delay in payment of
staff salary. It is in light of the aforementioned scenario that the research was
conducted to understand the impacts of motivation on workers performance and
productivity with particular reference to Jaba and Jema’a local Government Area
of Kaduna state from (2005-2009).However, the objectives of the research was
to identify the factors that informed staff poor performance and productivity ,to
understand the factors that sustain staff performance and productivity and also to
examine the reasons behind the rate of labour turnover ,absenteeism and nonchallant
attitudes of the staff in these local government councils. The research
hypothesized (1) “there is no significant relationship between the level of
motivation and high level of staff performance and productivity in these local
government councils”. (2) “That, motivation incentives provided does not
commensurate with the staff high performance in these local government
councils”. (3 that, “job satisfaction do not reduces the problem of high labour
absenteeism and turnover in the local government councils”. Data for the
research were generated both from primary and secondary sources, and was
analyzed quantitively and qualitatively ,with more focus on quantitative technique
using inferential statistical tool of Chi –square, was used to test the hypotheses.
The research findings revealed that managements of these local Government
councils had failed in meeting the staff welfare. Workers performance and
productivity depends on the kind of motivational incentives provided to them; and
that staff absenteeism and turnover is as results of lack of job satisfaction by
majority of staff. The research concluded that the solutions is for the
management of the local government councils and the State government to
keep abreast with the dominant needs and the changing expectations of these
staff and equally be in constant survey of motivational incentives in relation to
staff performance and productivity . The research recommended that state
government should upwardly review the staff salary and other monetary
allowances, staff promotion should be taking seriously …And all scholarly views
used in this study have been adequately acknowledged by way of references.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PATIAL FULFILMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTERSCIENCE DEGREE (M.Sc.) IN
PUBLICADMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA.
JUNE, 2011.
Keywords
IMPACTS OF MOTIVATION,, WORKE’S PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY,, KADUNA STATE