Employee motivation and job performance: a study of basic school teachers in Ghana

Joseph Ato Forson (), Eric Ofosu-Dwamena (), Rosemary Afrakomah Opoku () and Samuel Evergreen Adjavon ()
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Joseph Ato Forson: University of Education, Winneba
Eric Ofosu-Dwamena: University of Education, Winneba
Rosemary Afrakomah Opoku: University of Education, Winneba
Samuel Evergreen Adjavon: University of Education, Winneba

Future Business Journal, 2021, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Motivation as a meaningful construct is a desire to satisfy a certain want and is a central pillar at the workplace. Thus, motivating employees adequately is a challenge as it has what it takes to define employee satisfaction at the workplace. In this study, we examine the relationship between job motivation factors and performance among teachers of basic schools in Ghana. The study employs a quantitative approach on a sample of 254 teachers from a population of 678 in the Effutu Municipality of Ghana, of which 159 questionnaires were duly answered and returned (representing 62.6% return rate). Using multiple regression and ANOVA, the study finds compensation package, job design and environment and performance management system as significant factors in determining teacher’s motivation in the municipality. Thus, these motivation factors were significant predictors on performance when regressed at a decomposed and aggregated levels. These findings support the self-determination theory, more specifically on the explanations advanced under the controlled and autonomous motivation factors. Significant differences were also observed in teachers’ performance among one of the age cohorts. The study urges the municipal directorate of education to make more room for young teacher trainees and interns who are at the formative stage of their careers to be engaged to augment the experienced staff strength. More should be done to make the profession attain some level of autonomy in the discharge of duty to breed the next genre of innovative educators in the municipality.

Keywords: Motivation; Performance; Compensation package; Performance management systems; Single spine salary structure (SSSS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 E25 E52 I20 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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