TAIWO, Akeem A.
Department of Business Administration and Management
Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State
akeem.taiwo@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng
TAIWO, Funke R.
Department of Public Administration
Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State
funke.taiwo@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng
ABSTRACT
The workforce is the lifeline of an organization. The level of employee motivation determines how well the
organisation meets its goals. This study was conducted to determine the association between motivation and
performance of employees of private secondary schools in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun
State, Nigeria. The study decomposed employee motivation into financial incentives and non-financial
incentives. Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study, using the Spearman’s rank order
correlation statistic. The results show that employee performance in the studied population is informed by both
financial incentives and non-financial incentives. The thus concludes that motivation through financial
incentives and non-financial incentives determines improved performance of employees and that employee
performance depends on motivation in terms of financial incentives and non-financial incentives. Hence, the
study recommends that operators of private secondary schools in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of
Ogun State that seek improved employee performance should adopt financial incentives and non-financial
incentives to motivate employees.
Keywords: Employee performance, financial incentives, non-financial incentives, motivation.