Assessing the influence of Motivation on Job Performance Among Lecturers in State Owned Universities in Sokoto State
Haliru Shehu
Department of Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University (SSU), Sokoto State, Nigeria Email: hallirushehuyari@gmail.com
Abstract
The study investigated the influence of motivation on job performance among state owned Universities in Sokoto State. Two objectives, two research questions are stated respectively for the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of four hundred and fifty five (455) lecturers among state owned Universities in Sokoto State which comprised of Sokoto State university with two hundred and ninety seven (297) lecturers and Shehu Shagari University of Education Sokoto with one hundred and fifty eight (158) lecturers and sample of two hundred and nine (209) was obtained using Raosoft application software. A researcher questionnaire titled motivation and lecturers job performance. The instrument was subjected to corrections and secreting by the experts in the Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University. While the reliability index was estimated using Cronbach’s Alpha statistics and it produced an average index 0.88. Mean and standard deviation for the secretive data were used. The study concluded that There is a significant influence of Salary on job performance among lecturers in Sokoto State Universities and also there is a significant influence on transportation among lecturers in Sokoto State Universities. The study recommended that Salary of the lecturers should be improved by implementation of the appropriate scale and increment as approved by the federal government. The will make them have an improved job performance. State government should make available buses for conveying both lecturers and students from and to the institution and should ensure that the condition of the buses is perfectly good.
Keywords
Motivation, Salary, Transportations, job performance
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