Influence of Motivation on the Performance of Government Employees

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to find out the influence of motivation on employee performance Youth and Sports Department of South Sulawesi province. This research is descriptive research. The population is all employees of Youth and Sports Department of South Sulawesi. Data analysis technique used in this research is descriptive analysis and frequency, regression analysis. The results of data analysis can be concluded that: (1) Motivation has a significant influence on the employees' performance. It happened because the application of motivation and perceived stimulus has been very good for the employee. (2) Simultaneously, motivation has a positive effect on the performance of staff. This is due to the motivation has a very strong relationship to employee performance. (3) The motivation on government employee performance has a very strong interpretation. While the determination coefficient or R Square showed the value on the interpretation has strong influence