Employee Motivation and Job Performance of Workers in Nigerian Public Organisations: A Case Study of Nurses in Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa Bayelsa State

Abstract

This study investigates the level of motivation at incentives as it affects job performances among nurses in Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yenagoa. The study uses a case study strategy which is nurses in federal medical centre Yenagoa and an explanatory research design. In order to achieve the set objectives, the study uses a stratified random sampling in sample selection by grouping the nurses according to the hospital departments and thereafter simple random sampling was used. Based on the size, fifty (50) questionnaires were administered on respondents from the 5 different departments and 46 were successfully retrieved and used for analysis. The survey design approach was used for the study with percentage frequency and chi-square technique used to test the 3-hypothesis formulated for the study. The findings from the study concludes that good remuneration, environmental working condition, supervisor’s role and training and affect the performance of nurses in FMC and based on this, the management of FMC should ensure that these motivational incentives should be put in place so as to enable the nurses care for their patients.