The Analysis of the Role of Motivation, Career Development and Compensation on Organizational Effectiveness of Vocational Training Schools Employees in Cameroon: The Case of COIC-Buea

This research was aimed to establish how motivation, career development, and staff development affect Instructors' performance and its overall effect on the organizational effectiveness at the Opportunities Industrialization Centre (COIC) Buea in the South West Region of Cameroon. In the globalized Vocational Training School environment, it is of important to ensure a motivated, carrier advanced and paid workforce because school employees are the only asset that appreciates in value over time, thereby directly contributing to organizational outcomes. Employee’s motivation, salary and career development has been a major problem in Vocational Training Schools, due to poor salaries and pecuniary benefits such as transport allowances and bonuses. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how motivation, salary, and staff development affect employee’s performance and the overall organizational effectiveness. The study's sample consisted of 70 employees. The study adopted a mixed method, for the quantitative data, a structured questionnaire was distributed to respondents. The structured questionnaire comprised of two sections. The sample size was 70, which was derived from a target population of 102 Instructors through the simple random sampling technique. The researcher used the personal method in distributing and collecting questionnaires to sample respondents and 70 completed questionnaires were returned. This equated to a high response rate of 100%. The quantitative data collected were analyzed using descriptive (mean, score and standard deviation) and inferential (independent sample T-test) statistical tools. The findings of this study demonstrate that motivation, compensation, and career growth strongly influence employee’s performance and the overall effectiveness of COIC-Buea. The researcher recommended that COIC-Buea should consider reviewing the reward system, offering competitive financial rewards and timely paying their employees. The research concluded with directions for future research on the role of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on employee behavior.