IMPACT OF STAFF MOTIVATION ON PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC OTEFE-OGHARA)

ABSTRACT This research is carried out on the impact of staff motivation on the performance in business organization. The research method used for data collection were mainly questionnaire administration and personal interview which are the primary source in addition to secondary data collection which are obtained from the textbooks, journals, encyclopedia, newspaper and dictionaries of different authors. Three hundred and twenty (320) populations of the academic and non-academic staff were randomly selected as the population of this study. After analyzing the relevant data collection, important findings were singled out and conclusion reached. Some of the conclusions among others were that an average worker will never produce effective and efficiently if he or she is not adequately rewarded financially. The finding reveals that increased payment is the major motivator that the employees want the management to administer to them. From the conclusion and the finings recommendations were made that the management should look into the issue of increase in payment of workers in order to induce them to become more productive since their performance greatly depend on their reward and they should be treated with regards considering their personalities.