Appraisal Practices and Employee Performance of an Organisation: A case of Elgon Millers
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2023-11-06
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This study sought to assess the effect of appraisal practices and employee performance in Elgon
Millers. The study objectives were to: establish effect of target setting practices on employee
performance, determine effect of evaluation practices on employee performance; examine effect
of communication practices on employee performance and to determine the effect of corrective
action practices and employee performance. The study population was 170 employees from Elgon
Millers Mbale. The study employed simple random sampling techniques in coming up with a
sample size of 118 respondents. The primary data collection method used was a questionnaire. The
collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS version 20. Linear correlation
coefficient analysis and multiple regression analysis were also used to determine the effect of the
independent variables on dependent variables. The study found that target setting practices were
significant in predicting the relationship with employee performance with r = 0. 903**, p value =
.000 and β = -0.261 with p-value = 0.000<0.05. The regression coefficient of target setting
practices was negative and significant in predicting the employee performance. Further the study
found that evaluation practices had a positive and significant relationship with employee
performance with r = 0. 976**, p value = .000 and β = 0.941 with a p-value = 0.000<0.05. The
regression coefficient of evaluation practices was positive and significant in predicting employee
performance. The study further found that communication practices had significant effect in
predicting employee performance with p-values less than 0.05 with a p-value of 0.000, r = 0. 934**,
and β = -0.309. The regression coefficient of communication practices was negative and significant
in predicting employee performance. The study also found that corrective action practices were
significant in predicting the relationship with employee performance with r = 0. 913**, p value =
.000 and β = 0.640 with p-value = 0.000<0.05. The regression coefficient of corrective action
practices was positive and significant in predicting the employee performance. The study
recommends that that Elgon Millers should put more emphasis on target setting practices by trying
as much as possible to involve the employees in the target setting process, Elgon Millers should
find a way to actually incorporate their views in the final target document. The management of
Elgon Millers should continue to promote Evaluation practices inform of peer evaluation reviews
in order to ensure objectivity throughout the appraisal process. The study additionally recommends
that the Management of Elgon Millers should also put much more emphasis on communication
practices by providing an acceptable means by which the employees can raise their grievances as
concerns. Also the study recommends that Elgon Millers should implement a main corrective
action towards non-performance