The Effects of Motivation on Staff Productivity in Selected Local Government Areas in Osun State, Nigeria

A RESEARCH PROPOSAL IN PREPARATION OF A RESEARCH PROJECT

ON

THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION ON STAFF PRODUCTIVITY IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

BY

UGOJI FRANKLIN AZUKA

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BEING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR ADMISSION INTO MSC.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

JANUARY, 2013.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Organizations are among the most significant structures through which society functions. Through its business, civic, social, and religious organizations, society carries out much of its economic and social life (Herzberg, 2003). For over two decades, Public Administration scholars have highlighted a need for an improved understanding of the motivational context in public sector organizations (Behn 1995; Perry and Porter 1982; Rainey and Steinbauer 1999).

The public service has played a key role in the social and economic development of any country, and has been considered as a guarantor of citizens’ rights to dignified participation within their society. “The Public Service” is understood here to cover not only public administration but also various services being provided in the public or general interest, whether they are delivered publicly or privately. Traditionally, such services have mainly been delivered publicly, but the private sector has increased its share in managing and delivering certain services against the backdrop of increased deregulation and reform of the public sector across the World (ILO, 2006).

The present Local Government system in Nigeria started with the 1976 Local Government reforms which aimed at restructuring the Local Government administration in conformity with modern society, and at best to make Nigeria’s Local Government Administration an ideal in Africa (Olanipekun, 1988). The problem of governance particularly at the local level has been a recurring decimal in the...