Employee Motivation on the Organisational Growth of Printing Industry in the Kumasi Metropolis

Abstract

The printing industry is supposed to be a major contributor to Ghana’s development through employment creation and the enhancement of information to the general public. The main purpose of the study was to assess employee motivation on the printing industry within Kumasi Metropolis. The study employed both the quantitative and qualitative surveys on the printing industries within the given study area with emphasis on general printing technology which has been in existence for more than three decades. The survey was intended to get employees on their responses on what they feel are the best factors that could motivate them for their self-actualisation and also meet organizational goals. The study set to identify the most ranked factor(s) among several motivated factors which existed in the sector and it emerged that Job satisfaction was the most ranked factor from the empirical findings.

Keywords: Motivation, Employee Satisfaction, Performance, Organisational Goals and Industry