MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND EMPLOYEES’ PRODUCTIVITY AMONG NIGERIAN SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (NSCDC) IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper focuses on the motivational factors and employees’ productivity among Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The problems facing NSCDC include poor funding, limited access to credit, poor training, increment in salary, etc. It examines the relationship between motivation and employees’ productivity among (NSCDC) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study employed primary and secondary sources of data collection and adopted interview and questionnaire administration. Two hundred participants were chosen from the selected officers through Purposive Sampling Technique. The results showed that the ages ranged was between 20 and 45 years which mean 34:33 years (50 9:14) and length of service ranges between 1 and 9 years regarding the motivational factor. The qualification was HND and B.Sc. From research hypotheses were tested using t-table for independent samples and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings also revealed that there are significant positive relationships between motivational factors and work productivity of officers.

Recommendations – There is need for the management and its various classifications such as management as people, management a discipline, management as a field of study, management as a career, management as an art, management as a science to place all hands-on deck to motivate because motivation is an energy force that serves as major tools in market management achieve their various aims and objectives of the organization