THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN HOSANNA POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE, HOSANNA TOWN, HADIYA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the impacts of motivational factors in workers’ organizational commitment, in Hosanna Polytechnic College in Hosanna town in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia. Descriptive survey research design was employed to carry out this study. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. The population of the study was 287employees. Both stratified and availability sampling techniques were used and 187 questionnaires were distributed to employees at one Public CollegeOut of these questionnaires, 176 were filled properly and the college deans have been interviewed. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 20. The findings were shown that trainers in colleges were satisfied with intrinsic factors of work such as opportunity for achievement, challenging work, responsibility for growth and development. On the other hand, trainers were generally dissatisfied, with extrinsic content of work such as salary, fringe benefits, incentives, job security, opportunity for training and post employment security. Consequently, employees were not committed to their organization which resulted in the availability of high turnover and lower performance. They expressed their dislike in many situation of their work such as the salary they get paid was very low; the incentive systems were poor; the fringe benefits were also inadequate and unavailable. The investigator recommends that the college was supposed to create awareness in the long term goal of employees in form of training. In addition, bring improvement on extrinsic conditions, human resource development through training should be the part of organizational plan of the college.