Assessment on The Contribution of Motivation on Employee Performance In Church Organizations: A Case Of South Nyanza Conference Of SDA Church.

Machage, Mwita James (2023) Assessment on The Contribution of Motivation on Employee Performance In Church Organizations: A Case Of South Nyanza Conference Of SDA Church. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study examined assessment on the contribution of motivation on employee performance in church organizations: A case of south Nyanza Conference of SDA church. In more specific way it focused on determining how motivation is conducted in different departments in South Nyanza conference of SDA church and whether workers are motivated, to determine how motivation influences employees’ performance in different departments in South Nyanza conference of SDA church and to assess the relationship between motivation and work performance in South Nyanza conference of SDA church. The study used a case study design, drawing a total of 86 respondents' sample which includes 5 key informants, 26 pastors, 30 teachers, 2 drivers, 3 secretaries, 2 doctors and 18 nurses and health attendants. Purposive sampling was used to select key informants; simple random sampling was used to select pastors, nurses, doctors, drivers and secretaries. Primary data were collected through interviews and questionnaire while secondary data were collected through documentary reviews. Qualitative method was used to analyze the in depth interviews. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages characterized the analysis and thus presentation of the information in form of tables and figures. It was found that ways of motivating workers in SNC of SDA differs in each department however there are some of the ways used in all departments these are provision of house to live, medical assistance, education assistance, and permanent contracts, provision of trainings and seminar and salary. It was further found that employee performance was influenced by communication allowances, utility allowances and travel allowances, job security, salary payment, training, rewards, education assistance, medical assistance and working environment. There was strong association between education allowances, medical allowances, rewards, nature of contract, seminar and trainings, houses and work performance. The p-value found were 0.00, 0.003, 0.001, 0.002, 0.004 and 0.001 respectively whereas there was weak association between salary provided, communication and utility allowances, travel allowances and work performance. The study recommended that equal motivation opportunities to be given to all workers and also SNC should improve accessibility of the working policy in order for its employees to be better informed of their benefits, working policy also be made more practical.

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