Motivation and Employee Performance at Powermax General Electrical Merchants Ltd-nairobi County

Abstract

The focus of the study was on determination of the effect of motivation on employee performance at Powermax General Electrical Merchants Ltd-Nairobi County. Descriptive survey design was adopted targeting 135 staff working at Powermax General Electrical Merchants Ltd in Nairobi. Stratified random sampling was used to select 100 respondents. Primary data was gathered through the questionnaire and the analysis utilized means and standard deviations as well as regression analysis. It was observed that extrinsic motivation (β=0.928, p<0.05 & t>1.96) had the greatest and significant effect on employee performance at Powermax General Electrical Merchants Ltd followed by intrinsic motivation (β=.333, p<0.05 & t>1.96). The study concludes that motivation is a significant predictor of employee performance. The study recommends that competitive remuneration packages and good working environment should be provided by the HR Managers to employees working at Powermax General Electrical Merchants Ltd. The HR managers working in other electrical distributing companies in Nairobi should embrace motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic so as to enhance employee performance