AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF EXTRINSIC REWARDS ON INTRINSIC MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR NONTEACHING STAFF OF FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ZARIA (2005- 2010)

Abstract

One of the crucial and perplex functions of Human resource managers is motivating employees towards greater productivity or performance. However, understanding what actually motivates employees has been a problem. This was the case among senior non- teaching staff of Federal College of Education, Zaria where high rate of apathy to work as been identified. This paper examines the influence of extrinsic reward on the intrinsic motivation of the workers specifically as it affects their work performance. The study no doubt will help the College management in understanding the intricacy of the diverse needs of their staff and to take the best decision on how to tackle the problem. The study is purely a survey research and data were collected on the field. The data were analysed using simple frequency count and percentages. The major finding of the study is that financial related rewards constitute the most important or vital motivator among the staff. The study also highlights the instrumental effect linking financial rewards to performance. The paper concludes that extrinsic reward is a vital tool for achieving intrinsic motivation among the survey group to achieve higher performance. The study further validates the fact that financial rewards still dominate or remain the most attractive source of motivation among employees in Nigeria and many other developing nations. The paper therefore among others recommends that adequate measure should be put in place to restructure the pay packages and other emoluments of the staff which is seen as unfair and inadequate.