An Assessment of Motivational Factors Associated With Teachers’ Performance in Government Secondary Schools of Addis Ababa.
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this descriptive study was toinvestigatethe extent of motivational factors
and its association with teachers’ performance in Addis Ababa City Government
secondary school.To address the purpose of the study three research questions were
formulated; the research questions were primarily to what extent a teacher intrinsically
motivated?, to what extent a teacher extrinsically motivated? And what is the relationship
between motivational factors and teacher performance?
The study used a descriptive survey method by incorporating both quantitative and
qualitative data.This study used 185 school teachers and 55 school leaders’ respondents
randomly selected using a lottery methodfor347teachersin selected secondary schools of
Addis Ababa.In addition, 10 key informants’fromseven principals and threesubcity
teacher development expertswere included.Closed questionnaires were used for
gathering data. Data collected through a self-administered questionnaire filled by
teachers and school leaders.The Average cronbach’salpha reliability indices of 0.805
and 0.883 teachers and school leaders respectively, In addition, the interview was
conducted to the key informant. The data obtained through questionnaire were liable to
quantitative analysis were coded and entered into SPSS version 24 and excel sheetto
analyzed using simple descriptive statisticstandard deviation, mean difference, mean and
also t-and p-values comparing during the data analysis.Qualitative data gathered
through interviews were analyzed qualitatively through descriptive narration.The major
findings of the research were teachers were moderately intrinsically motivated,teachers
were low extrinsically motivated teacher was moderatelymotivation and
accomplishmentin addition to teachers were moderately performed. There is a positive
relationship between motivational factors and teacher performance in the study area.
Finally the researcher recommends that develop a motivational framework,to facilitate
positive competition among teachers.To rises the teachers’ performance and achievement
in teaching learning process it is important that schools should deal with sufficient
budget to supple needed teaching materials and is strong for applied usage in the
laboratory, library, ICT center...etc. Furthermore, it should increase positive work
competition among teachers by grading performance of the teachers’ bi- monthly based
on the fair initiative rewards with their strength.
Key words: performance, Motivation, School leaders
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performance, Motivation, School leaders