Motivation And Employee Productivity Among Secondary School Teachers in Makurdi Benue State

Abstract The study examines motivation and employee productivity among secondary school teachers in Benue State, Nigeria. A study of selected secondary school teachers in Makurdi, the study was designed to examine motivation and employee productivity among secondary school with emphasis on Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School, Demonstration Secondary School and Gateway Comprehensive College allocated in Makurdi. Four research question and hypothesis were adapted for the study. The study adapted survey design method. The target population of the study was 140. The study adopted census sampling technique. Data was collected from the respondents through structured questionnaire and analyzed using mean, descriptive statistics and regression was used to test the hypothesis at a significant level of 0.5 and analyzed via Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS). Finding shows that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation has effect on employee productivity among selected secondary school’s teacher in Makurdi. The study concludes that job satisfaction, promotion, salary increase and allowances have effect on employee productivity among selected secondary school teachers in Makurdi. The study recommends that the management(human resource management) of an organization should endeavor to have good plans and programs to motivate employees to work more effectively and efficiently