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Title
Motivation and Job Performance; Perceptions of Teachers in Kpone Katamansu District in Ghana |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1956/12307 |
Date
2016 |
Author(s)
Kwakye, Patricia Konadu |
Abstract
Public service pay structure has received
growing attention from scholars and governments
because of its potential to motivate and
enhance the performance of public servants. In
Ghana, public service pay structure has
experienced several reforms in an attempt to
tackle the distortion, inequity and low
salaries that have characterized it in the
past. In 2010, the government of Ghana
implemented a new pay reform Single Spine Pay
Policy for public servants.
This new pay reform seeks to address the
distortion, inequity, and to improve the
salaries of public servants in order to enhance
the performance of public servants. This thesis
employed qualitative research methods over a
fieldwork period of three months to explore the
effect of the introduction of SSPP on the job
performance of teachers in the Kpone Katamansu
District Assembly (KKDA). Further, the study
explored what teachers in KKDA consider as
motivation for their job.
The study employed two theories of motivation;
the economic incentive theory and the public
service motivation theory. These theories
provided a framework for analysis and
discussion in this study on the link between
different kinds of motivation and job
performance. According to the economic
incentive theory, monetary factors will induce
higher job performance, nonetheless, this study
found that even though the introduction of SSPP
did result in increasing the salaries of
teachers, it did not improve their job
performance. The prediction of the public
service motivation theory was found to be
consistent with the study's findings. The study
found that teachers' are motivated to perform
more on the grounds that their profession has a
positive impact on their students, community
and country. Also, the norms of the profession
and recognition of their efforts are seen as
motivation to teachers in KKDA. |
Subject(s)
new pay reform; KKDA; Single Spine Pay Policy; public servants; economic incentive theory; public service motivation theory; Mastergrad; 731111 |
Language
eng |
Publisher
The University of Bergen |
Type of publication
Master thesis; Master i Master of Philosophy in Public Administration; AORG351; MASV-PUBAD |
Format
1633079 bytes; application/pdf |
Rights
Copyright the Author. All rights reserved |
Repository
Bergen - University of Bergen
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