ABSTRACT

 This is research project titled: "Motivation as a tool for improving, employee performance: a study of Emenite Nigeria Ltd., Enugu." The need for this research work arose as a result of inadequate staff motivation of most public sector organization, with some undesirable work behaviour like, lateness, truancy, absenteeism, indiscipline and general low productivity. The researcher developed four research questions which formed the basis of the questionnaire construction. A related literature on the subject was reviewed, the researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data collection with structured questionnaire as the major instrument used. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample size for the study whereas the data collection were presented and analyzed with frequencies, percentages and tables. The study reveals that the Emenite Nigeria Ltd., Enugu does not adequately motivate their staff and that the effectiveness of the staff and their general productivity were not encouraged. It was also, discovered that training and development of staff, job security, promotion and medical assistance for hospitalized staff were the only motivational packages in the organization. The study also reveals that there was high level of staff turnover in the organization as a result of unattractive nature of the job. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended that the Emenite Nigeria Ltd., Enugu vis-a-vis other public service organizations should embrace adequate motivation for high productivity, the need for providing other motivational packages apart from salaries, such as, regular training and retraining needs, job enrichment and enlargement, workers participation recognition of achievement etc. the researcher also recommended the need for redesigning of jobs to make the organization objectives very clearly stated. They should work towards effective and sustained staff motivation to enable workers to stay and change their negative behaviour towards their work,