Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to examine motivation of health workers and their
performance in Ghana, precisely, health institutions at St. Francis Xavier Hospital
in Assin Foso Metropolitan Assembly. In other to achieve the main objective, the
following research objectives were asked to guide the study: assess the motivational
packages available for the health workers, assess the level of performance of the
health workers and examine the effect of motivation on health workers’
performance. The quantitative research method and the explanatory research design
were employed in the study. Out of the 290 employees, Yamane (1967) formula
was used to randomly sample 176 respondents. Structured questionnaires were
distributed to the sampled respondents of which 170 of them were appropriate for
analysis. This constituted 96.6% response rate. Data obtained were analysed using
descriptive and inferential statistical tools such as frequencies, means, standard
deviations and regression. The study found that that motivation packages given to
employees included bonuses, commissions, autonomy at work, and job security. It
was found that, both monetary and non-monetary packages have a strong
significant influence on health workers’ performance. It was concluded that, both
monetary and non-monetary motivation had a strong influence on health workers’
performances. It was also recommended that management should focus on
developing clear structures in order to strengthen and also enhance the non monetary motivation currently available to health worker
