THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ON PRODUCTIVITY (IN CASE OF WOLKITETOWN MUNICIPALITY)

Abstract

This study was conducted on the effect of employee motivation on productivity in case of Wolkite town Municipality. The main objective of the study was to identify the impact of motivation on productivity of wolkite town MunicipalityIn this study Casual research design was used because the study was discovered the existence of the effect of employee motivation on productivity of the organization. The relevant data for this study collected from primary sources. The Primary data was gathered in the form of questionnaires distributed to the respondent.In this study the researcher used simple random sampling because all of the employees are considered equal important for the study and in order to avoid bias. The entire population of the study was 91as a result the sample size determined is 74 and was distributed to 74 respondents out of which 65 were retrieved and appropriately filled. The method of data analysis was used descriptive (mean, standard deviation, percentage), regression(ANOVA, model summary and coefficient) and correlation analysis by applying statistical package for social scientist. The gathered data from respondents are carefully arranged and categorized in to suitable form and merged to similar ground in the form of percentage with supplementary interpretation and showed by table in detail.Among the major findings, the overall perception of respondents over current motivational practices were not happy, not enough, and not attractive. The result of correlation shows that; there exist positive and significant relation between payment, recognition, and responsibility. And VII working condition there exists negative and significant. On other side, the result of regression analysis shows that; payment system and recognition, responsibility arepredictor of productivity. The result showed the mean value for employee’s recognition in the municipality was lowest. This study concludes the municipality employee’s recognitions in order to increases employee’s productivity was not enough. Based on the result revealed, the researcher recommended, The municipality should recognizing and acknowledging these efforts as well as rewarding employees for their fruitful efforts by using some ways used to recognize the effort of your work place such as day-to-day recognition (small words of praise, little words encouragement and others), informal recognition (such as gestures of encouragement and appreciation) and formal recognition (such as rewards for services, contribution, and achievements).