Motivation and Employee Performance in the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission Technical Service Department Rwanda

ABSTRACT 

This study determined the relationship between motivation and employee performance in Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegrated Commission in Rwanda. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, three research objectives were formulated and these included: To determine the level of motivation at Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegrated Commission; to determine the level of employee performance at Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegrated Commission; and to find out whether there is a significant relationship between motivation and employee performance at Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegrated Commission. The research design used in this study was the descriptive correlation design. The research population was 400 from which 200 respondents were determined using Slovene’s formula. The method of sampling used was purposive sampling and questionnaires were used as the main data collection tool. To ensure validity and reliability of the research instruments, content validity index was done together with pretesting. The data collected was analyzed quantitatively (mean, correlation and regression coefficient) and this was done with the help SPSS version 16. The research findings showed that the the level of motivation at Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegrated Commission was generally low (mean of 2.49); the level of employee performance was also found to be low (mean of 2.455). It was also found out that motivation is positively correlated with employee performance (R. value of 0.876; F=7.491E3, beta value of0.876, and p