Impact of Team-Building Activities on Employee Motivation in Tanzania Renewable Energy Companies

Abstract

This study aims to assess the impact of team-building activities on motivation and productivity in Tanzanian renewable energy firms. Key objectives are to examine activities used to foster team-building, explore the influence of team-building activities on employee development, and examine the relationship between team-building activities and employee motivation in renewable energy companies in Tanzania. This study employed a descriptive design in which a total of 126 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. 114 (90.47%) questionnaires were filled in and returned for analysis while only 9.52%, which was equivalent to 12 respondents, were not returned. The regression results revealed that approximately 21.14% of the variation in employee motivation was explained by the model which considered the effect of outdoor challenges, communication engagement, retreat, collaborative problem-solving, and team lunch/dinner. The remaining 78.86% can be explained by other unidentified factors. Consequently, findings from the regression result indicated that activities such as communication engagement, collaborative problem-solving, and team lunch/dinner are significant in explaining employee motivation while the retreat and outdoor challenges were insignificant. It is evident that team-building activities have a substantial influence on employees' motivation and development. Therefore, organizations should take measures to enhance team-building programs. Moreover, these measures should integrate communication engagement, problem-solving, and team lunches/dinners, among other activities. It is reported that these activities significantly contributed to explaining employee motivation.