FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE MOTIVATION OF THE TEACHING STAFF: THE CASE OF NEWAY CHALLENGE ACADEMY

Abstract

The notions of motivation and work performance have become a popular driving force behind most successful organizations. Neway Challenge Academy (NCA) has made numerous efforts towards the motivation of its academic staff however, the challenge facing the implementation of these measures continues to persist. This study was undertaken in this school and its major focus was geared towards identifying both the factors that are related to the job and related to the work environment, trying to examine the motivational schemes currently employed by the school and exploring the ranked importance of some selected motivational factors. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches and a descriptive approach was used. In order to respond to the research questions, 83 from a total of 139 teaching staff randomly selected. Besides, about six employees in the management section were selected through for interview. The study also employed the content based motivational theories .These theories are all in line with the major objective of this study which is identifying and assessing the motivational factors. The results of the study indicated that the factors “Responsibility, Recognition, job security, good relation with supervisor & coworkers, and suitable working condition and environment” were found to influence the teaching staff positively. These factors were found majority of the staff. The rest of the factors: “Opportunity for growth & promotion, good salary and benefits, and the school’s policy” were found to demotivate the teaching staff of NCA. With regard to other ranking of the motivational factors, the respondents of the study ranked them according to their importance .With regard to the motivational packages that the school employed, it was found out that the school is using only one intrinsic factor (recognition) to motivate the teaching staff and not manipulating the other five as it should. Finally it was recommended that the school need to match its motivational packages with the orientation of the staff. It should also improve the factors that affected the motivation of the staff negatively and manipulate the existing packages to the optimum.