THE USE OF INCENTIVES IN MOTIVATING WORKERS AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR PRODUCTIVITY IN YOBE STATE TEACHING SERVICE BOARD

This study was to determine the use of incentive in motivating workers and its impact on their productivity in Yobe State Teaching Service Board Damaturu metropolis, Yobe state. The researcher formulated 3 research objectives and 3 research questions for the study which are to examine the effect of good salary package / allowance on the productivity of workers in Yobe State Teaching Service Board, to assess the effect of lack of good working condition on the productivity of workers in Yobe State Teaching Service Board, and to examine the effect of lack of timely promotion on the productivity of workers in Yobe State Teaching Service Board. The survey research design was adopted for the study and with a population of 100 staff. The researcher selected 90 numbers of staff by using simple random sample techniques to represent the entire population. Sampling technique entails all the strategies adopted in data collection. The data collected for the study was statistically analyzed using mean score to determine the acceptance or rejection based on the 2.5 cut-off point. The findings revealed that, Payment of salary to the staff on time enhancing employees toward to productivity and Payment of allowances and bonus motivate employees toward enhancing productivity, Findings also shows that Given loans motivate employees toward enhancing productivity and Payments of scholarship motivate employees toward enhancing productivity. The researcher recommended that the executive should liaise with the staff of Yobe State Teaching Service Board Damaturu in organization periodical workshops, seminars and conference for the staff since staff efficiency would be greatly impaired by inadequately for tools or lack of enough manpower, government should be more sensitive on these critical issues, Initiative of allowances and Bonus will boost organizational productivity.