Effect of intrinsic motivation and transformational leadership style on employee performance

Abstract

This research investigates the influence of intrinsic motivation and transformational leadershipstyle on employee performance. Herzberg's factor theory guides this research; The research employed a survey design, with 748 non-academic staff members of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi, Nigeria, serving as the study's target population. A sample size of two hundred and seventy-nine was employed using the Krejcie and Morgan sample size table, and a practical and purposeful sample strategy was employed in the study's sampling process. The primary data was gathered using a self-administered survey and were imputed in SPSS and analyzed using SMART-PLS 4 to examine the measurement and structural models. The results of the study demonstrate that employee performance is favorably and significantly impacted by intrinsic motivation. Employee performance is positively and significantly impacted by transformational leadership. The study will give the university's management pertinent information about the motivation and output of its staff, which will enhance the institution's overall performance. The study also made a contribution to Herzberg's factor theory by elucidating the theory's relationship to intrinsic motivation and how it impacts workers' productivity at work.