Human Motivation And Workers Productivity
[A CASE STUDY OF BETA GLASS PLC UGHELLI, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA]

1.4    HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY:
In order to achieve the set objectives of the study which is on the impact of the application of the theories of motivation and the productivity of workers in Beta Glass Plc Ughelli, the following hypothesis shall be tested to provide empirical basic for the conclusion to be to be adopted.
HYPOTHESIS
Ho: There is no significant relationship between motivation and employee productivity in Beta Glass Plc.
Hi: There is significant relationship between motivation and employee productivity in Beta Glass Plc.
Ho: There is no significant relationship between employee motivation and organization performance in Beta Glass Plc.
Hi: There is significant relationship between employee motivation and organizational performance in Beta Glass Plc
Ho: There is no significant relationship between motivational and employee job satisfaction in Beta Glass Plc.
Hi: There is significant relationship between motivation and job satisfaction in Beta Glass Plc.
1.5    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:
Management science literature is replete with several theories of motivation. However, most of the theories were developed in different social – economic and cultural environment of industrial Europe and America.
Several of these theories are yet to be tested in Africa and Nigeria environment. Therefore, there is the need to conduct a related study with these theoretical postulations in the Nigeria environment, specifically, this study will bridge the knowledge gap which is created as result of the environmental difference in the sources of the theories of motivation and the location where these theories are practiced.
The study will also provide invaluable data by decision makers and industrial relations practitioners on the impact of application of the theories of motivation and workers productivity.
1.6    LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY:
The study of the impact of the application of motivation theories on the productivity in Beta Glass Plc Ughelli is limited by certain factors outside the control of the researchers.
First, is the environment of the case study Beta Glass Plc Ughelli, which made data collection difficult due to stringent control placed on workers over the dissemination of information. This severally affected the state of questionnaire returns. Secondly, it has to be appreciated that several factors interact to influence the workers productivity, motivation being only one of them. Some other factors are the personality of the individual workers, the cultural environment and the value system, industrial laws and industrial relations practice.
1.7    DEFINITION OF TERMS:
1.    MOTIVATION: Motivation is that which causes an individual to change his or her behaviour in a directed end. Motivation could equally be define as that which causes an individual to forget his or her interest and to pursue the interest of an organization.
2.    PRODUCTIVITY: Measure of how well an operation system function and an indicator of the efficiency and competitiveness of a single firm or department.
3.    IMPACT: The impression made by a person, thing or idea
4.    THEORY: An organized body of ideas as to the truth of something, usually derived from the study of a number of facts relating to it, but sometimes entirely a result of exercising the speculating imagination. Knowledge of science or art derived from such study and speculation. A general body of assumptions and principles.
5.    APPLICATION: The act of applying. A turning to practical use.