GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study investigated the extent of performance management and motivation of employees towards high performance in Nigerian oil industry. The population of this study consisted of 15,002 casual, contract and permanent employees. The study adopted a survey design. The data collected viaoral interview and structured questionnaire as well as textbooks, journals, magazines and unpublished articles, research and project reports in a related field, manuals containing policy statements of the selected companies was analysed using appropriate statistical technique such as descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation analysis while all the hypotheses were tested at 0.025 alpha level. The questionnaire was designed by the researcher, vetted by the thesis Supervisor and validated by experts in Test, Measurement and Evaluation of the Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Uyo before the reliability study was conducted with the use of forty (40) respondents who did not form part of the main study. The instrument was subjected to reliability test using Cronbach Alpha Technique. The test produced reliability co-efficient ranging from 0.73 to 0.96 and this proved that the research instrument is reliable for the study. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that performance management remarkably motivate employees towards high performance in the Nigerian oil industry. It was concluded that performance management has remarkably motivated employees to achieve high performance in the Nigerian oil industry. The recommendation was that performance management practice by organizations should be such that can cause motivation of employees with the resultants effect as high productivity and organizational growth. KEYWORDS: Motivation, Performance Management, Employees High Performance, Nigerian Oil Industry.