Motivation in Performance of Duties of the Government Savings Bank Officers under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank

Abstract

At present, the Government Savings Bank is a principle organization who drives economy, in particular grassroots economy, to create strength and security for overall economy of the country. The Bank has developed itself to maintain the secured financial institution subsisting among the swiftly changing environments and increasing competitions and developments in the financial institution system and to be ready for compliance with new rules and regulations of the entities and international standards. Therefore, the Researcher is interested in study of motivation in performance of duties of 104 Government Savings Bank officers under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank. The tool in data collection is sets of questionnaire. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used in testing the hypothesis are Independent t-test and f-test (One-way ANOVA). According to the Study, most of the respondents are female aged lower than 30 years, complete bachelor’s degree, and perform credit functions, with work experiences lower than 5 years. The Government Savings Bank employees under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank have motivation in performance of duties on an overall basis in the high level and upon consideration as an aspect basis, it is in the high level in all aspects, ranging from highest average to lowest average, as follows: on work achievement, on policy and management, on responsibility, on work natures on career path, on respectfulness, and on salary and fringe benefits. The Government Savings Bank employees under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank as classified in accordance with genders have different motivation in performance of duties on an overall basis at the statistical significance of 0.05, whereby the females had opinions about the motivation in performance of duties more than those of the males, and as classified in line with the ages, educational levels, roles and duties, and work experiences have no different motivation in performance of duties on an overall. Most of the Government Savings Bank employees under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank have suggested creating motivation in performance of duties, as follows: on salary and fringe benefits, they ought to be increased; on career path, it ought to be measured by ranking examination and additional training of officers; on responsibility, the officers ought to be empowered to make decisions to meet the goals; on work natures, the scope of works should be clearly classified; on respectfulness, attention should be paid to the opinion expressed by colleagues and superiors on policy and management of the entity, they must be clear; and on work achievement, the knowledge and capabilities ought to be fully used to meet the goals. In conclusion, the Government Savings Bank employees under Kalasin Regional Government Savings Bank have high motivation in performance of duties. The information derived can be used as guidelines for creating motivation and developing the motivation system in the officers’ performing the duties further.