Abstract:
The study examined the relationship between employee motivation, work environment, leadership style and organizational performance at Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba, South Sudan. The study specifically examined the relationship between; employee motivation and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; work environment and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; leadership styles and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; performance feedback and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; conflict management and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; leadership styles and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba; and employee motivation, leadership style and organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba. The study the study employed both explanatory and descriptive research designs, where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. From a population size of 270, the study attracted a sample size of 229 participants, from whom data was collected using both structured questionnaires and interview guide. Data was analyzed using content analysis technique for qualitative and SPSS software for quantitative data. The latter gave rise to descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) as well as inferential statistics (correlations and regression analysis). According to the study, there is a significant and positive relationship between employee motivation and organizational performance (r=0.503), there is a significant and positive relationship between work environment organizational performance (r=0.842), and there is a significant and positive relationship between leadership styles and organizational performance (r=0.820). It is concluded that employee motivation, work environment, leadership styles contributes 88.8% on organizational performance of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, Juba as represented by the R2. The study recommended that employees should be motivated as they play a significant role towards the performance of the organization. The organization should make sure that there is favorable work environment to enable the organization to perform well. The organization should make sure that proper leadership styles are applied for better performance of the organization.
