dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to establish intrinsic motivation on employee performance; this
was conducted at URA Nakawa. This study was based on the objectives which included findings
on how to establish the relationship between intrinsic motivations and employee’s performance
in an organization, to establish how recognition leads to employee performance in URA, to
establish the relationship between empowerment and employee performance in URA and to
assess the role of employee involvement on performance of employees in URA.
The research design included both descriptive and analytical methods and data used included
both primary and secondary, with primary data collected by use of self administered
questionnaires. The study covered a sample of 100 respondents. Purposive sampling was used;
questionnaires and interviews were used as the instruments of data collection in the study. Data
was in form of tables in order to determine the validation of intrinsic motivation on employee
performance. According to the findings of the study, the conclusions drawn
The study focused on intrinsic motivation on employee performance in URA. The findings
revealed that the Descriptive Statistics on recognition, empowerment of employees, employee
involvement and performance were strongly agreed upon by most of the respondents thus a
relationship between intrinsic motivation and employee performance.
From the study, the researcher recommended that managers should find more ways of
intrinsically motivate employees because workers tend to perform their duties to the maximum
when involved in making decision in their respective departments. Finally , the researcher also
recommends that if Employees are empowered in an organization by giving them authority to
be leaders in their respective departments and making strategic decisions on the organization’s
will ,this would reduce the bureaucracy that is normally followed when making company
decision thus saving time and other related resource | en_US |