Effect of Motivation on Performance of Tutors in Colleges of Education in Ashanti Region, Ghana

Abstract

Motivation depicts the needs and wants that direct behaviour towards a set goals likewise productivity and its relation to performance. Though many have researched into this area and many discussions have been done on this topic, this study throws a deeper investigation into the independent variable-motivation and the dependable variable of employee performance in relation to Colleges of Education which is one of less attended to in our educational setting. This study focuses on the Effect of Motivation on Performance of Tutors in Colleges of Education in Ashanti –Ghana. All the Eight (8) Public Colleges of Education were selected to have an entire coverage working area. The objectives are to assess the effect of financial packages, effect of working environment and academic staff level of dissatisfaction with their working environment on Tutors performance. A population size of Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven (367) Male-231 and Female-136 with a sampled Size of One-Hundred Ninety-One (191) was used for the study. The study adopted the use of self-administered questionnaires to gather the required primary data. SPSS 21.0 STATA 13.00 version was used for the analysis. Descriptive and Regression statistical analysis technique were adopted. In conclusion, organisation/managers must know that employees are motivated by monetary rewards. With monetary rewards, all other extrinsic valuables could be fulfilled. It is recommended that though working environment, financial packages and staff working environment satisfaction are vital to tutors, management of the colleges of education must have a comprehensive motivation scheme in all aspect of an institution as it is directly proportional to the outcomes/performance of the employees. Also, all extrinsic factor have positive and significant effects on employees. This study provides good amount of knowledge on the importance of academic staff level of dissatisfaction coupled with working environmental factors for improving employee performance.