Effect of Motivational Techniques used by Departmental Heads on University Teachers’ Job Performance

Abstract

The primary aim of the study was to measure the effect of motivational techniques used by departmental heads of public and private sector university on their teachers’ job performance. Apart of the study intends to identify the most frequently used motivational techniques by departmental heads. The researchers used quantitative research design to conduct the study. Under the umbrella of quantitative research, the cross-sectional research design was used. The researchers used multi stage simple random sampling to select the universities and their teachers. One-way ANOVA was used to measure the effect of motivational techniques on teachers’ job performance the results of the study show that most of the time Head teachers have used trust as a motivation technique more than other techniques to enhance teacher’s performance. The study also revealed a near negligible positive correlation existing between head teachers’ desirous techniques and teachers job performance. The study recommends that head teachers’ need to use all motivational techniques regularly to enhance job performance of university teachers.