The contribution of motivation to employee performance; case study: World Vision Uganda, Karamoja region

Abstract

The study sought to establish the relationship between motivation and employee performance a case study of World Vision Uganda, Karamoja Region. The study was guided by three objectives and these included the following; to assess the types of motivation that exists in the organization, to assess the effectiveness of motivation on staff performance and to examine the relationship between Motivation and organizational performance of staff in World Vision. The study was conducted using both quantitative and qualitative approach using survey, correlation and case study as research design. The research relied also on documentary review, structured interview, questionnaire research methods and techniques. The study population comprised a total of 60 employees and the sample size of the study was 52 which was determined using the sloven’s formula, n= N/1+Ne2 . Respondents were selected using simple random and purposive sampling. Data was analyzed using SPSS package to come up with complete research findings and statistics that enabled interpretation of results. The analysis from the empirical findings showed that tangible motivation was the most ranked factor for all the respondents that made up the sample survey. However a study from previous researchers used in this study showed that different results could be obtained from a bigger sample size or geographical location of the organization. This study therefore can be seen as an introduction to a more detailed study to be carried by future researchers on the field of employee’s motivation. The researcher also found out that many respondents performed well after being motivated although others disagreed that their performance was dependent on motivation. . However, the study found that motivation attributes to the variation in the performance of employees with a beta of 47.5% (0.475) and the remaining 52.5% is attributed to other factors other than motivation. It was also noted that there is a strong positive relationship between motivation and employee performance and the relationship is significant (r =.475, p<0.01). There was also a strong relationship between motivation and employee performance. However, the findings, recommendations and conclusions of the study revealed a strong relationship between motivation and employee performance. The study recommends additional research to be carried out to gain a continuous view, insight and knowledge of what motivates employees to perform best on their jobs. Employee motivation even after some 50years of research continues to be one of the problems and challenges facing organizations today. Furthermore factors such as technological advances, globalization, retrenchments etc leave employees with an uncertain future this is because most organizations today do not guarantee life employment’s for their employees as it was the case before.