Motivation and Health Workers Performance at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Foso Metropolitan Assembly

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