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Influence of motivation on employee performance: a case of national bank of Kenya

Gachengo, V. and Wekesa, S.
Dept. of Management, School of Entrepreneurship, Procurement and Management, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

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Received: 10.05.17, Revised: 07.07.17 and Published online: 25 July 2017.​
Int. J. Bus. Manag. Soc. Res. | Volume 03, Issue 02, pp. 179-185 
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Title: Influence of motivation on employee performance: a case of national bank of Kenya
Abstract: The aim of this study was to find out the effect of motivation on employee performance of National Bank of Kenya. In respect to this, the key factor influencing motivation specifically training, reward systems; performance appraisals and work-life balance were analyzed. The study findings would assist human resource managers, employees of NBK, scholars, policy makers and other relevant decision makers to establish mechanisms of how to deal with the motivation of employees to improve performance and its effects. The study adopted descriptive design. The target population comprised of the management officials and subordinate officials totaling to 124. Stratified random sampling was adopted to select a sample size of 95 respondents. Questionnaires were used as the main data collection instrument with which were personally administered by the researcher. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics aided with SPSS Version 21. Descriptive statistics, involved mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution and percentages while for inferential statistics involved bivariate correlation and Multi regression analysis.  The study found out that motivation had a statistically significant influence on employee performance at the National Bank of Kenya.
Key Words:  Motivation, Employee performance, Rewards, Training and Performance appraisal
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APA (American Psychological Association) 
Gachengo, V. and Wekesa, S. (2017). Influence of motivation on employee performance: a case of national bank of Kenya. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 03(02), 179-185.

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Gachengo, V. and Wekesa, S. “Influence of motivation on employee performance: a case of national bank of Kenya’’. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 03(02) (2017): 179-185.
 
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Gachengo, V. and Wekesa, S. Influence of motivation on employee performance: a case of national bank of Kenya​. International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 03, no. (02) (2017): 179-185.
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