An Assessment of the Effect of Motivation and Affirmative Action on Employee’s Performance in Gombe Local Government, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the effect of motivation and affirmative action on the performance of Gombe local government staff, where intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and affirmative action are used as the independent variables and performance as the dependent variable. Data was generated using primary source, where 330 staff responded through the use of questionnaire. Multiple regression was used for the analysis. The study found a significant effect of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and affirmative action on performance. Therefore the study recommended that Gombe local government should do more on intrinsic motivation as it is lagging behind in the area of vacation and job recognition of its workers and also improve the workers remuneration by adhering to the national minimum wage and overtime payment. Keywords: Motivation, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, affirmative action, performance.