EFFECT OF MOTIVATION IN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN KENYA’S CIVIL SERVICE

Abstract

Theconceptofemployeemotivationhasbeenaperennialsubjectof debateamongscholars.Motivationdoesaffectandcontinuesto affectemployeeperformanceinorganizationsthatleadstolow performance.Thispaperseekstoexamineselectedmotivational issuesthataffectemployeeperformanceintheKenyancivilservice. Motivationplaysacriticalroleintheoverallperformanceandgrowth oforganizations.Mostoftheemployeesinthecivilserviceexhibit lowmotivationtocertainextentcontributestotheminimal performance.ThegovernmentofKenyathroughitsministriessince theearly1990’shascomeupwithstrategiestowardsperformance improvement. TheseissuesdonotonlyaffecttheKenyancivilservicebutalsoother developingeconomies.Assuch,managerscontinuetobepreoccupiedwith thesearchofstrategiesandmeasurestobetakentoimproveandincrease employeeperformance.Thisisdonewithsoleobjectiveofenhancing employeeperformance.However,theunderlyingfactorsofde motivationcontinuetothreateneverygainthatthemanagementin motivationcontinuetothreateneverygainthatthemanagementin organizationsmake.Yetithasbeenarguedthatdemotivated employeescannullifysoundorganizations.Thispaperseeksto examinetheselectedmotivationalfactorsaffectingemployee performancewithreferencetoKenya’scivilservice Thepaperisstructuredbasedonthefollowingareas:How remunerationaffectsemployeeperformanceinthecivilservice.How workingenvironmentaffectstheemployeeperformanceinthecivil service,employeetraininganddevelopmentthataffectemployee performanceinthecivilservice,theimpactoforganizationalcultureon theemployeeperformanceinthecivilservice.Thispaperisexpected theemployeeperformanceinthecivilservice.Thispaperisexpected toshedmorelighttothetopmanagementonissuesandstrategies relatedtoemployeemotivationincivilserviceespeciallyinthecontext ofdevelopingeconomieslikeKenya