INCENTIVE AND ITS EFFECT ON STAFF PERFORMANCE IN INDUSRIALTRAINING FUND (ITF) JOS PLATEAU STATE.

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.