EFFECT OF MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE’S PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN RWANDA: A CASE OF MINISTRY OF SPORTS (MINISPORTS)

Abstract

The study entitled” Effect of motivation on employee performance in public institutions in Rwanda: a case of Ministry of Sports (2014-2019)” Therefore this study was guided by three specific objectives:  to examine the level of motivation of employees in the Ministry of Sports; to assess the level of employee’s performance in the Ministry of Sports and to find out relationship between motivation and performance of employees in Ministry of Sports. The study used descriptive research design and analytical research design. The sample size of the study was 34 employees of Ministry of Sports. Questionnaire, interview and documentary review were used to collect data and finally the study used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as correlation and multiple linear regression as method of data analysis. The findings revealed that the factors influencing employee motivation of MINISPORTS are in term of salaries was very high mean of (4.32), promotion opportunities was high mean score of (4.00), working condition with very high mean of 4.47 and trainings development programs was high mean of (3.80).The findings revealed that the level of employee performance in MINISPORTS was been improved at high extents with very high mean=4.24. the findings revealed that all variable of employee motivation  have significant positive relationship with employee performance in MINISPORTS  where  there is high positive correlation between salaries and employee performance of MINISPORTS at (r=0.805^**,p-value=0.000<0.01); there is significant moderate positive correlation between promotion opportunities and employee performance of MINISPORTS  at (r=0.565^**,p-value=0.001<0.01); there is significant high positive correlation between working conditions and employee performance of MINISPORTS  at (r=0.728^**,p-value=0.000<0.01) and also there is significant moderate positive correlation between training and employee performance of MINISPORTS at (r= 0.454^**,p-value=0.007<0.01) and also the findings show that an increase in one unit in Salaries, Promotion, Working condition and Trainings would lead to an increase of 1.477; 1.016; 1.027 and 0.413 in employee performance in MINISPORTS respectively. Therefore the study recommends that MINISPORTS should also put more effort in vertical promotion based on career management development as a way of employee motivation