International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : ( 289) Last page : ( 304)
Online ISSN : 2249-2496.

Effect of Performance Appraisal on Employee Productivity in The Ministry of Agriculture Homa Bay County, Kenya

Kephas Otieno Bob*

* Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

Online published on 28 July, 2016.

Abstract

Globally, governments and companies spend billions of Shillings yearly on employee performance evaluation as it has become a critical component of the overall human resource management function in the civil service. The Ministry of Agriculture Homa Bay County has implemented performance appraisal policy to enhance employee productivity. However, reports generated from their Human Resource Information Systems revealed mixed results about employee productivity due to the improper implementation of the performance appraisal system. The study targeted 256 employees in the Ministry of Agriculture, Homa Bay County out of which a sample size of 156 respondents determined using Yamane (1967) formula for sample size determination were selected using stratified random sampling technique. A calculated coefficient of at least 0.70 indicated that the instrument was reliable. The researcher calculated reliability co-efficient of 0.87. Findings of the study revealed that performance appraisal criteria, feedback and reward were all adopted to great extents by the Ministry of Agriculture, Homa Bay County as shown by their weighted mean of 3.65, 3.83 and 4.15 respectively. The regression results revealed that when independent variables (appraisal criteria, feedback and reward) are controlled for or held constant, there is a probability that employee performance would be affected positively by a coefficient of (r= 1.217), this effect being significant at (p=.0342). This study would help in building progress towards organizational goals. Human Resource Specialists and managers who would be interested in knowing how staff appraisal systems affect employee performance and increased employee's performance in organizations as a result of effective evaluation tools in place, might rely on findings of this study.

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Keywords

performance appraisal, employee productivity.

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