dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between employee motivation and organizational performance, a case study of Kitovu hospital. The objectives of the research study were to find out how organizations motivate their employees, to establish the factors affecting organizational performance and to establish the relationship between employee motivation and organizational performance of Kitovu hospital. A case study research design was employed during the study. It involved gathering quantitative data that described the events and then organize, tabulate, depict and describe the data collected. This study targeted a total population of 50 respondents from organization (Kitovu hospital employees) and used a sample size of 44 respondents from a study population of 50 employees of Kitovu hospital, Simple random sampling was used to select respondents in the field. The questionnaires were used and administered to the some of the employees working with the hospital. Data from the questionnaires was coded, entered, edited for consistency and easiness in and later analyzed using SPSS Software where pie – charts and bar graphs were constructed. From the findings, it can be concluded that motivation can be categorized in two types basing on whether the motivational states are internally or externally derived, formally most employees were satisfied if their basic needs were met. Basing on the study findings, it was revealed that the management of Kitovu hospital should consider further informing and training of its staff to equip them with more skills in order to improve their performance, the researcher also recommends that the Kitovu hospital should carry out a study before using a particular tool, government involvement should take part in recommending the provision of motivational needs through adjusting in the labour laws. The interviewers suggested that there should not be large remuneration gaps among the various levels of employees. | en_US |