Motivation And Workers’ Productivity In The College Of Nursing And Midwifery, Yola, Adamawa State-Nigeria

Abstract

Motivation is crucial for organizations to function; without motivation employees will not put up their best and the organisation productivity would be less efficient. The situation is even more serious in developing countries like ours where working conditions are unattractive which currently leading to brain drain. It is in view of this that this study was conducted to assess the impact of motivation on employees Productivity in College of Nursing and Midwifery Yola. The populations of the study were 230 workers. 200 was selected through purposive sampling techniques and out of which 150 were returned for analysis. The study used descriptive statistics (frequencies, mean, and percentages) to answer the two research questions posed for the study. The result obtained from the analysis showed that there existed relationship between intrinsic motivation and the productivity of employees while no relationship existed between extrinsic motivation and employees’ productivity. The study revealed that extrinsic motivation given to workers in an organization has no significant influence on the workers performance. The effects of poor motivation on work productivity are absenteeism, low output and high labour turnover. The study therefore, recommended that management should concentrate on monetary reward to boost the morale of employees and employers should rethink pay policies and procedures that will enable them to attract, motivate, retain and satisfy their employees to high productivity.