Level of Job Motivation in Tertiary Institution in the National Capital Region

Abstract

The study sought to assess the levelof job motivation in the tertiary institutions in the National Capital Region. The hypothesis of the study focused on determining if there are no significant differences on the assessment on the level of job motivation in tertiary institutionbased on the following aspects: Extrinsic, Intrinsic and Performance evaluation factors when respondents are grouped according to profile. A descriptive method of research was carried out in an attempt to investigate the effect of the level of job motivation on employee performance in the tertiary institutions in the National Capital Region. The population for this study concentrated on employees, both the teaching and non-teaching staff.The researcher used the descriptive method since the process was more than gathering and tabulating data. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire prepared by the researcher which primary sources are reading books, journals other references. Tools used to statistically treat the data were frequency and percentage distribution and T-test. Among all other success factors,the researchers used descriptive there are a variety of factors that can influence a person’s level of motivation and satisfaction. The research sample has 984 respondents. Each of the participants responded to questionnaires which included questions about demographics, extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors, and performance factors. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) Graduated pack 2.0. Correlation was used to determine the correlation between the level of motivations, extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors and performance factors. The study revealed that extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors, and performance factors have greater influence on level of motivation of the private and public tertiary level educational institutions. The results indicate those employees are dissatisfied with Payments, Promotions, Training, Respect and Responsibility and working conditions.The research results showed that employee motivation influences employee performance of private and public tertiary Institutions innational capital region. The results of correlation analysis in this study have demonstrated that motivation of employees have positive relationship with employee performance, which is statistically significant (p-value<0.05).This means that enhancing employee motivation positively improves employee performance. This leads to rejection of null hypothesis developed in this study, an indication that motivation of employees is a significant predictor of employee performance in private and public tertiary Institutions.