EMPLOYEES MOTIVATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE

ABSTRACT

Motivation shows a crucial significant part in all private and public organizations. Organization cannot run and cannot attain their desire goals and objectives without motivating their employees. The main purpose of this research work was to find out the impact of motivation on employee performance in Benin electricity distribution company (BEDC), Nigeria. The data for current research study was collected from Edo state, Nigeria using the structural questionnaire. The target population was the employees of Benin electricity distribution company (BEDC), Benin City; a simple randomly was used to select the respondents. The data collected were analyzed with the use of simple percentage. This means scrutinizing the data collected and taking a proper look at the record, in the data analysis, there was a significant relationship between employee motivation and workers performance, this shows that the kind of motivation given to workers in an organization has a significant influence on workers performance. The results from the study explore stated that motivation plays an important role towards the performance of employees in BEDC, Nigeria Hence, the study recommended that the management of BEDC should be praised for the little effort they make towards motivating the employees in their organizations. This will enable them continue and not relent since it is only through motivation that the workers will have a sense of belonging in the organization. The employee should be encouraged to make their contributions towards the achievement of the organization goal and the top management employees while appraising their subordinates, they should try as much as possible to make use of the informer way rather than formal way because they will give the worker’s the sense of being appreciated.