Abstract: | Employee motivation refers to external and internal factors that trigger employees‟ energy and
desire for continuous commitment and interest in their jobs. The performance of an employee
towards the company is often very important in the world of work smooth process. Motivating
the staff leads to broaden their skill to meet the organizational demands. Each branch manager
should have the responsibility to work with the staff to find out their individual needs and put
them side by side to the organization needs. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of
motivation on employees „performance in Berhanena Selam printing enterprise. The research
design of this study is descriptive and analytical cross-sectional method. This study applied one
of the probability sampling techniques which is a simple random sampling The data was
collected using interviewer administered structured questionnaire and qualitative. The
researcher had coded and analyzed the replies gathered from the participants using SPSS
Version 16.0. According to effect of motivation almost all of the participants strongly agree on
fair payment is very crucial for employee motivation, again majorities of the employees strongly
agree on the company‟s bonus payment system based on performance is highly motivating the
employees, majorities of the participants were strongly agree on there is an attractive incentive
plane (like, commission, overtime work etc.). Most of the employees strongly agree. In
conclusion Motivation was agreed upon with fair payment, bonus payment system, attractive
incentive plans, and opportunities for career growth and development. It is recommended
Berhanena Selam should focus on extrinsic employee motivation through incentive programs
and financial benefits, and provide training and opportunities to develop new skills. |