This study examined how motivation affected worker performance in selected Abuja real estate companies. The research design employed in the study is a survey and data were collected through the primary source where 66 structured questionnaires were distributed among the staff of five real estate companies in Abuja which include Osakwe & Associates and Wale Adewusi Associate. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The findings showed that employee motivation has a favorable and significant impact on performance in terms of job efficiency in Abuja real estate. Other findings included the fact that job security has a favorable yet negligible effect on the performance in terms of work efficiency in Abuja real estate. Salary and wages also have a positive and large impact on performance in terms of work efficiency in Abuja real estate, as well as rewards, which have a favorable and big impact on both. According to the report, real estate companies in Abuja should keep up their efforts to motivate staff members by guaranteeing their jobs, paying them a living wage, and rewarding them because doing so improves productivity.
Keywords: Efficiency, Employee, Job Security, Motivation, salary and wage
