| Abstract: | The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is any relationship between employee motivation, job satisfaction on employee productivity. A survey was carried out among head office staff of Save the Children, Ethiopia Country Office where by descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage used to measure the percentage of returned questionnaire and also used to describe the respondents' profile such as their gender, year of service, and job classification. The Pearson correlation is used to measure the significance of linear bivariate between the independent and dependent variables thereby achieving the objective of this study. When selecting sample of the study, probability, stratified random sampling is used so that each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected. A key finding of this study is job satisfaction in Save the Children is largely caused by true motivators while hygiene factors contribute some towards job satisfaction. The finding also indicates a statistically significant three-way relationship between employee motivation, job satisfaction and productivity, within which several aspects of these constructs contributed more powerfully towards the relationship than others. The study recommends strategy on how the organization should invest on empowering managers to be better managers of their team as they play a key role in motivating staff. Furthermore, it is recommended that motivation of different groups of employees must be encouraged with different motivational factors, taking into account the importance of demographic factors. |
