Impact of Motivation on Employee Performance and Turnover in Pakistani Educational Institutes

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of motivation on employee performance and turnover. In this study, the convenience sampling strategy was used to select the participants / respondents. Self-administered survey questionnaires were distributed among 130 employees of Educational Institutes (college, school and an academy) based in Lahore, Pakistan, among which 110 questionnaires were returned in useable form. SPSS (version 21.0) software was utilized for analysis of data. The findings indicated that motivation has significant impact on employee performance and turnover. This study is of vital importance for the Educational Institutes management and policy makers to better understand the importance of Motivation in employees and to reduce their turnover.

Keywords: Motivation, Employee Performance, Turnover, Educational Institutes