Abstract:
ABSTRACT
For any organization to compete favourably in today's competitive society,
employees' attitudes and commitment towards work goes a long way in
determining the employees' performance and organization's productivity.
Excellent products/services provided and offered by an organisation can-create
a positive perception and ever lasting image in the eyes of the public. The
motivational incentives of a company's employee play a major role in achieving
high level of employees performance. The main objective of this study is to
examine the effect of incentives on staff performance in Industrial Training
Funds. Other objectives are: i. to examine the nature of incentives in an
organization ii. To examine the effects of incentives on staffperformance in ITF
Jos Plateau State. Hi. To investigate how incentives propel the performance of
staff in ITF. iv. To assess the impact and various motivational tools available in
the organisation. A descriptive research method was adopted for this study
using one hundred (100J valid questionnaires were completed by members of
staff of ITF in Plateau State Nigeria using random sampling technique. The data
collected were further analyzed using percentages which were represented in
tables, supported by Chi-square to represent the raw data in a meaningful
manner. Al-the-endthe-study concluded that monetary incentive has a huge
impact on employees performance in ITF and recommended that a robust
incentive packages be improved upon, the course of this study, chapter one
intends to introduce the topic, chapter two looked at the relevant literature
reviews, chapter three examines various methodological frameworks for the
study i.e. data was collected from the staff of ITF, using questionnaire. In
chapter four, the researcher analysed the data using appropriate statistical
methods and test. Therefore, chapter five summarises, concludes and made
recommendations based on the research findings.