Abstract:
Motivation seems to be one of the most important tools of human resource
management. Organizations design motivation systems to encourage employees to
perform in the most effective way but also to attract potential candidates. The key to
create the efficient motivation system is an answer to the question what really motivate
employees. The main objective of this study is to assess the practice of teachers work
motivation in secondary schools of Assosa Zone. To accomplish this purpose, the study
employed a concurrent nested research design. The study was carried out under
randomly selected eight secondary schools of Assosa Zone. A total of 155 individuals
were participated in the study. Among them139 teachers were included as a sample
through simple random sampling technique especially lottery method. Additionally, 8
secondary school principals, 4 cluster supervisors and 4 Woreda education office
teachers, principals and supervisors coordinators were included through purposive
sampling technique. Questionnaire and interview was the main instrument of data
collection. The analysis of the quantitative data was carried out by using percent,
mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple
regressions. The findings revealed that the independent variable accounts for 75.3% of
variance in teachers level of motivation (R2=0.753). In terms of magnitude of the
contribution incentives and benefit, growth and development and status were the most
potent contributor to teachers‟ level of motivation as the standardized coefficient (β)
0.226, 0.201, and 0.196 respectively indicates. Furthermore, the result shown that,
extrinsic factors were more important in motivating secondary school teachers. In
general the findings supposed to conclude, secondary schools in Assosa Zone had not
work effectively on improving the motivation level of teachers, and thus teachers need
to leave the profession. Based on the findings, it is recommended that secondary
schools, Woreda education and council offices should give necessary incentives and
benefit for teachers through building house in rural areas by mobilizing the
community, giving place to build home in urban areas and furnishing the working
conditions with refreshment facilities.
