出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：Motivation of teachers serves as key to facilitate organization performance. However, there are strategies to make these teachers deliver their services to the best of their ability which includes financial and non-financial incentives .The management should take initiatives to shape these teachers through in service training organized by institutions. As it is known, the individual life structure is shaped by three types of external events: the socio-cultural environment, the role they play and the relationship they have and opportunities and constraints that enable them to express and develop their careers. This study was conducted in National, county and district secondary schools operating in Nyamira district, Nyamira County. The general objective was to assess the effects of motivation on teacher’s performance in Nyamira district, Nyamira County. The specific objectives were: To investigate the effects of financial motivation on teacher’s performance in Nyamira county, to investigate the effects of non financial motivation on performance and to establish the effects of teacher’s rewards on performance. The study was a survey research design which required quantitative methods. There were 68 respondents (40 teachers, 14principal and 14 Deputy Principals). This study adopted purposive and simple random sampling techniques in selecting the sample for the study. Three five-point likert type scale questionnaires were used to obtain data for the study. They were Secondary School Teachers Questionnaire (SSTQ) and Secondary School Principals/Deputy principals Questionnaire (SSP/DQ).The reliability coefficient on SSTQ and SSP/DQ of 0.65 and 0.68 respectively were obtained. The data was analyzed by use of a descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and multi linear regression model, using the SPSS package. Recommendations on ways of motivating teachers in order to improve the performance were made.
