Motivation and Teachers’ Performance in Senior High Schools in Abuakwah North Municipality

Abstract

The study examined the influence of motivation on the performance of teachers in SHSs at the Abuakwah Municipal Assembly, Ghana. The study relied on the quantitative approach and descriptive correlational design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 191 respondents in the SHSs. Using the stratified sample procedure, the study apportioned the 191 proportionately to the four SHSs investigated. The data was then processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26). Descriptive (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (regression) was used to address the objectives of the study. The study found that while intrinsic motivation was perceived as predominant in the schools, extrinsic motivation was not appreciated or being applied in the schools. Again, the study found that both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation had significant positive influence on the job performance of the teachers in the municipality. The study recommends that stakeholders of secondary education such as the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ghana Education Service (GES) should create policies that are targeted at improving the motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) factors of the teachers.