Motivational tools and employee productivity in organisations

This research has as its objective, the identifying the motivational devices and the determination of effects of motivational tools on employee productivity in organisations. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was chosen as the case study. The motivational devices employed at the Corporation were identified. Leadership styles were discussed and questionnaire was constructed and administered to thirty respondents and their opinions were documented. Reliability test was conducted for the responses using Cronbach's Alpha and Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance and a value of 0.982 and 0.79 were obtained respectively. These responses were reliable according to the two tests conducted. The study found that the implementation of good corporate policies motivated the work force tremendously. Other motivators identified include salary, job security, promotional opportunities, job rotation and job enrichment.