CHAPTER ONE

1.0      BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Although there is general agreement among psychologists that man experiences a variety of needs is considerable disagreement as to what this needs are and their relative importance.

There has been a number of attempts to present models of motivation which list a specific number of motivating needs with so many implications that, the list are all inclusive and represent the total picture of needs.

All organizations is concerned with what should be done to achieve a sustained high level of performance through people. Consequently, the subject of motivation of workers as derived from the attempt made by management practice is to look for the best way to manage so as to accomplish an objective or mission with the least inputs of materials and human resources available. A lot of theoretical concepts, principles and evolved in response to these challenges.

In general, management authors view motivation as a key component of the managerial function of leading or directing. However, leading or leadership style, although an important factor in determining the attitude of employees towards assigned job, responsibilities is not the only determinant, other management functions such as planning, controlling, staffing and organizing also play a vital role. In any serious and competitive society, workers are one of the tools for economic progress in which their interface must be taken into serious consideration because without work force, an organization crumbles.

The term “work attitude” refers to effective orientation on the part of individual towards work roles, which they perform in their respective work place. Work attitude could also be referred to as the way an individual feels about his or her work and organization as an entity. It is either the job is pleasant good and satisfying or the job is unpleasant and brings no satisfaction. In general sense, attitude are characterized and usually a long lasting way of feeling and thinking. In fact, behavior of an individual is a reflection of his or her attitude towards a given objective.

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