Impacts of Intrinsic Motivational Tools on Job Commitment of Employees in Selected Private University in South Western Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue X, October 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Impacts of Intrinsic Motivational Tools on Job Commitment of Employees in Selected Private University in South Western Nigeria

Samuel Adewale Oladiipo, Stephen Olugbenga Afolabi, Johnson. O. Laosebikan, Damian Brownson Nwachukwu

Department of Social and Management Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria

Abstract: – This research study seeks to investigate the motivational factors that induce employees’ commitment in an organization. Many organizations are facing challenges on motivational factors that will induce their employees to be more committed to their jobs. Employees that are not well motivated will find it difficult to discharge their duties as expected by their employers. The vital predictor of commitment is motivation, which motivates employees to spend time and energy in the organizations. Employees’ commitment is a very vital element to boost job performance. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study used stratified sampling to categorize respondents and ensure that each member of the population was given equal chance of being selected for study. Questionnaire was administered for data collection. In all 374 participants were selected for the study. The data were analyzed using various statistical techniques. Mean, standard deviation, analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression and correlation analysis.

Keywords: Motivation, Commitment, Employee, Organization, Performance.

I. INTRODUCTION

Employee commitment is a crucial element that increases job performance. (Mowday, Steers & Porter, 1979), they went further to say that an important predictor of this type of commitment is motivation, which stimulates employees to spend time and energy in the organisations. Because of this fact, there is a growing interest in understanding the relationship between motivation and commitment. Despite plenty of researches on motivation and commitment, linkages between different forms of motivation and different foci of commitment are hardly investigated. In today’s rapidly changing corporate environment, organisations from all around the world want to use maximum potential of their human resources to stay ahead of the fierce competition and survive in the middle of the quest. Great organisations are built on the inherent value of their human resources as motivated and committed employees almost always allow organisations to grow faster than similar competitive organisations.

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