Motivation and Employee Engagement among Employees at Makerere University

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between employee motivation and engagement. A sample of 56 participants was selected using simple random sampling techniques at Makerere University.
 Methodology: This study adopted a quantitative study approach that used a correlational survey design. A self-administered questionnaire was used in the data collection. The collected data were further coded and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science.
 Findings: Descriptive statistics showed that 64.9% of the respondents were female and 32.1% were male; the majority were between 31 and 41 years old (66.1%). Results from the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) further indicated that there was a statistically significant positive relationship observed between employee motivation and engagement (r = -.353**p = .000<0.01).
 Recommendations: Based on the above findings, it was recommended that organizations also focus on creating high levels of job satisfaction among their employees by providing better working conditions and fringe benefits to keep them engaged in their jobs since they are the focal point for the growth and expansion of any organization.

The Mediating Role of Extrinsic Work Motivation on the Influence of Transformational Leadership and Organizational Climate on Employee Engagement Teachers

“…This can make teachers more involved with the institution. These findings support research conducted by research conducted by Anjasmara & Gunarto, 2022Otyola et al, 2023Ross, 2022 suggests that extrinsic work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement. The results of this study are also in line with Engidaw (2021).…”

“…Research conducted by Anjasmara & Gunarto, 2022Otyola et al 2023and Ross, 2022 suggest that extrinsic work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement. This is in contrast to research conducted by Miao et al (2020), which states that the employee engagement component is more influenced by intrinsic motivation than by extrinsic motivation.…”

Impact of Leadership Style on Employees’ Motivation: The Contribution of Psychological Capital and Employees’ Engagement

“…In the literature, the role of factors such as TLS, PC and EE is found to be massive and meaningful in achieving the EM among several contexts (Mufeed, 2018;Hayati et al, 2014;Azim et al, 2019;Atik et al, 2023). Moreover, the mediation contribution of PC and EE in between TLS and EM is also reinforced by the domain literature (Chinyamurindi and Tsvangirai, 2019;Gupta and Gomathi, 2017;Cattermole, 2018;Otyola et al, 2023;Ahmeti, 2023;Novita and Meilani, 2023;Hameed et al, 2023). However, in the context of Saudi higher education institutes, this investigation takes serious concentration.…”

“…More specifically, TLS was measured on five items, PC on eight items, EE on twelve items, and EM on seven items. These items are adopted from literature like Podsakoff et al (1996), Susanto et al (2023), Siswanto et al (2021), Ferraro et al (2018, Nawardi and Berliyanti (2023), Ragavan (2016), Sinha et al (2014), Chinyamurindi and Tsvangirai (2019), Gupta and Gomathi (2017), Cattermole (2018) and Otyola et al (2023).…”

“…There is a good correlation between TLS and EE in the mining industry, as stated by Bezuidenhout and Schultz (2013). Otyola et al (2023) and Ahmeti (2023) have found that EE is crucial in gaining a competitive advantage. This highlights the significance of effectively managing satisfaction and work motivation to attain organizational objectives.…”