Effect Of Financial And Non-Financial Motivation On Performance Of Teachers In Private Secondary Schools In Sheema Disrict, Uganda

ABSTRACT

This cross-sectional descriptive study assessed the relationship between motivation and

performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Sheema District, Uganda.

Specifically, the study examined the relationship between financial motivation and

teachers’ performance in private secondary schools in Sheema District; and examined the

relationship between non-financial motivation and teachers’ performance in private

secondary schools in Sheema district. Data was collected using questionnaire, interview

guide and documentary review methods. Purposive sampling was used to select 10 head

teachers from 10 private secondary schools in Sheema District, and 212 teachers out of

383 teachers from ten schools in Sheema District. Findings indicated that there was

significant positive relationship between financial motivation and teachers’ performance

in private secondary school teachers ( r=0.692at 0.000 significant level) as well as nonfinancial

motivation being significantly positively related to performance of private

secondary school teachers in Sheema District (r=0.616 at 0.000 significant level).

Financial motivation impacts on performance of teachers by 69.2% while non-financial

motivation impacts by 61.6%. The value of r square when all variables were operating at

the same time was 50.7%. This demonstrates that difference in teacher performance can

be explained by the differences in non-financial and financial factors. Other factors that

affect teacher performance would explain 49.3% of the difference in teacher performance.

Therefore there is a need to use both financial and non-financial rewards, although the

financial motivation has more impact.