Abstract:
research study focused on motivation and performance in the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu. The study tried to identify the following problematic issues: what are the importance of motivation and performance to the staff of ESUT? What are the factors hindering motivation and performance in ESUT? And in line with this, the researcher in the study tried to achieve the objectives of identifying the importance of motivation and performance to staff of ESUT, examining the problems hindering motivation and performance in the University. In doing this, the researcher adopted the multiple interacting factor theory by Sutermeister as the theoretical framework of this work. The following hypotheses were raised: high productivity and job satisfaction can be achieved through motivation and performance in an organization, motivation and performance in an organization are hindered by socio-economic factors within that organization, and motivation and performance in an organization can be boosted through training and reward system. Questionnaire and documentations were used as the method of data collection for this work; chi-square statistical instrument, simple percentage and mean were used in analyzing the collected data. Some of the findings in ESUT are: that visions should be shared in organizations, that appropriate reward system should be attached, that training should be encouraged. Finally, we can conclude that, one of the primary tasks of the authorities of ESUT is to motivate the staff to perform at high levels. This means getting them to work hard, to be at work regularly, and to make positive contribution to the University’s goals, missions and objectives. However, to reach that higher level, the staff of the University must want to do the job (motivation) be able to do the job (ability), and have the right materials to do the job (environment). Thus tend to show that job performance depends on ability, the environment and motivation.
