Motivational Factors and Job Performance of Employees in Technical Vocational Institutions in Nueva Vizcaya: It’s Influence on their Organizational Goals

This study focused on the motivational factors, job performance, and organizational goals of 88 employees of public and private Technical and Vocational Institutions (TVIs) in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. In particular, it determined the relationships between and among motivational factors, job performance, and organizational goals, as well as the differences in the respondents’ perceptions of the same variables between the public and private TVIs. This research utilized quantitative descriptive-correlational method using a 3-part questionnaire. Data collected were treated using mean to determine the perception level of the respondents on motivational factors, job performance, and organizational goals; Pearson-r to establish the relationship between and among the independent and dependent variables; and t-test to identify the differences of motivational factors, job performance, and organizational goals between the public and private TVIs. The results of the study proved that job security is considered highly motivating for public TVIs with a mean of 3.37 with qualitative description of high, while training and development for private TVIs with a mean of 3.66 with qualitative description of very high. In terms of job performance, employees from both TVIs possess a positive attitude towards their jobs with an overall mean of 3.50 with qualitative description as very high. Meanwhile, public TVIs highly attained their organizational goals in providing employment assistance to their graduates with a mean of 3.40 with a high qualitative description, while private TVIs complied with the requirements of instruction and effective instructional strategies with a mean of 3.73 described as very high. Furthermore, the respondents’ motivational factors are significantly correlated with their job performance, this indicated by the computed r-value of 0.55 and a p-value of 0.000. this could mean that as the motivation level up, job performance correspondingly goes up. Likewise, there is a positive significant relationship between and among the motivational factors, job performance and organizational goals, this indicate by the computed r-value of 0.700 and a p-value of 0.000 and r-value of 0.560 and a p-value of 0.000 respectively, this implies that when motivation if high, it follows that organizational goals are achieved. On the negative side, if motivation is low, the level to which organizational goals are attained would also below. On the significant differences of motivational factors, job performance and organizational goals between the public and private TVIs this indicated a p-value of 0.047 which is positively significant, computed p-value of 0.381 which not significant and computed p-value of 0.004 which is positively significant respectively. The results of this study can be an input to the management of both public and private TVIs. Lastly, more related study is recommended using additional variables.