THE CONTINGENCY THEORY OF WORKER’S MOTIVATION IN AIR SAFETY PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF NIGERIAN AVIATION SECTOR

Nkpah, Young Aakpege Ph.D and Benneth Orukwowu Orji Ph.D

ABSTRACT

The quest to understand the interplay between transportation use and society has developed a unique discourse, the sociology of transport. The relationship between transportation and society are numerous, deep, varied, ancient, and complex. Everyone has had extensive personal experience using transportation. Transportation has influenced each of our choices about where to live, spend vacations, shop, or work. So inescapable is the tie between transportation and society, that, like gravity, we take it for granted and cannot imagine a world without it. Modern aviation as a means of transport has become an extremely complex global system of interaction between human beings and machines, a system for transporting passengers and cargo around the world. The contingency theory of motivation as applied in this study shows that training is key to air safety performance. The study further reveal that identified and the prioritization involved with the individual’s explanation of these elements. The study recommend that training is the key to air safety performance.

Keywords: Worker Motivation, Air Safety Performance, Mishap, contingency Theory, Training, Aviation Sector.