Motivation and Employee Engagement in the Civil Service: The Nigerian Experience
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Economics and Finance - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract: This study focused on examining the effect of motivation on employee engagement in Nigerian Civil Service. The proxies for the motivation were intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. The population of the study was made up of all the civil servants in the six states that make up the South-South zone of the country. Primary data were collected by the administration of copies of questionnaire to a sample size of 600 respondents who were selected using convenience sampling. Five hundred and eleven (511) copies of the questionnaire were completed and returned to the researchers. The data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics and simple linear regression. Results show that there is significant relationship between intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and employee engagement. Based on the results, it is concluded that there is significant relationship between motivation and employee engagement in Nigerian Civil Service. Consequently, it is recommended, among other things, that government should look into ways of better motivating their employees. Keywords: Motivation, Employee engagement, Intrinsic motivation, Extrinsic motivation, Civil service.
Authors and Affiliations
Anietie Peter Akpan
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP402297
- DOI -
- Views 86
- Downloads 0
Corporate Governance and Corporate performance: Lessons from Pre and Post Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in Nigeria
Abstract:Corporate governance is mechanism use to improve firm performance and value because it reduces the level of expropriation of the company’s assets by the management and it also improves the level of expected cash...
Credit Risk and Bank Performance in Nigeria
Abstract:The study investigated the impact of credit risk on bank performance in Nigeria between 1990 and 2006. From the literature, non-performing loans have been used as proxy for credit risk. However, other variables...
Taxation, Economic Growth and Poverty in Morocco: An analysis in Computable General Equilibrium
Abstract: This work sets the objective of analyzing the impact that taxation can have on economic growth and poverty in Morocco. This analysis is conducted through a computable general equilibrium model where the macro-m...
A Study on the factors Affecting Online and Offline Shopping with respect to Jamnagar City in Gujarat
Abstract:The study tries to understand the antecedents of consumer preferences towards online and offline shopping. A conceptual model that addresses consumer value perception for using the internet shopping versus the t...
Banking Sector Performance and Non-Performing Loans in Nigeria (1990-2016)
Abstract:The study examined impact of non-performing loans on bank performance in Nigeria between 1990 and 2016. Both return on asset ROA and profit after tax are two financial performance indicators used as dependent va...