Effects of Employee Motivation on Employee Performance at Machakos County Government, Kenya

Abstract

The objective of this study was to ascertain the effects of employee motivation on employee performance at Machakos county government, Kenya. The study was carried out as a follow up to study conducted by the author on perceived effects of employee training on employee performance at Machakos county government, Kenya, where the author concluded the study by recommending that similar studies could be conducted to ascertain the effects of employee motivation on employee performance at Machakos county government, Kenya. The target population of this study was 1,300 employees of Machakos county government. Stratified random sampling technique was used because of the need to group the population into strata. The data collection instrument which was used is the questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed using a five point Likert scale where the respondents were asked to rate the extent to which employee motivation affects their performance at the county government of Machakos. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the application of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings of the study revealed that employee motivation affects employee performance positively at Machakos county government, Kenya. The author recommends that organizations should strive to motivate their employees because a motivated employee is a productive employee