THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC ABEOKUTA)

The main objective of the study was to examine the examine the effects of motivation on employee performance with a special reference to United Bank of Africa (UBA) Abeokuta branch. The study employed the use of both descriptive and survey research design. Primary and Secondary data were used to gather the necessary information. The main instrument that was used to collect data was questionnaire. Sampling technique used was the simple random sampling techniques. The sample size for this research was 50. Questionnaires were distributed to the staffs of United Bank of Africa (UBA) Abeokuta branch. Presentation of the data was carried out through the use of frequency table and percentage. Hypotheses were tested with the aid of Person Correlation Coefficient using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 to establish the relationship between the variables. This study revealed there is a positive significant relationship between motivation and employee performance. Also, significant relationship between motivation and employee productivity. It was recommended that managers need to keep these in mind as they come up with ways to further motivate their employees into providing excellent service. Managers should consider developing the human capital of their organizations by offering them advancement opportunities. Thus, both hygiene and motivation factors are important in promoting employee performance. Future research could carry out this study using longitudinal research design, which takes into cognizance performance over a period of time. Lastly, this study suggests that this research be extended to other industries with the same variables used in this study in order to ascertain its effectiveness in the overall performance of those sectors. Keywords: Motivation, Employee, Engagement, Decision making, Motivation, Productivity, Organizational goals, and Job satisfaction