The relationship between employee motivation and job performance among non- academic staff at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)/ Imelda Nara Nelson Nyangau

This paper is to measure the effect of employee motivation towards job performance among non-academic staff in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). For this study, convenience sampling technique will be used on the non-academic staff where subjects were selected because of their convenient accessibility and
proximity to the researcher. A total of 130 respondents from several selected department had voluntarily participated in this study. However, only 97 questionnaires were returned and considered usable. Correlation analysis was used and data were analyzed by SPSS Version 25. The independent variables for this study were working environment, individual needs and personal preferences. The analysis shows all three variables were positively and significant by related to job performance. This study would give the benefit to employees because it provides enough information that would help the employees to understand that motivation can affect their job performance and helps the organization to increase their productivity. This proves that motivation is an essential factor in producing job performance. This study contributes to the body of knowledge in the area of motivation in targeting the academic industry at public university in Sarawak.