EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES AT ETHIOPIAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Abstract

This project is designed to assess the employee’s performance evaluation practices and challenges at Ethiopian Road Construction Corporation. More specifically, the study had tried to address the methods, processes and procedure employed; the performance evaluation form used, and investigating major challenges related to performance evaluation practice of the corporation. Data were collected through questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire were distributed to 80 randomly chosen respondents who are working in the corporation at Head office, Alemgena Road Maintenance project and Chancho Derba Road Construction Project in which fully100% completed questionnaire were returned in usable fashion. The data collected were analyzed by using both SPSS version20 and strata 11 soft ware's. On the basis of data obtained, the study identified main problems which are related to performance evaluation such as lack of transparency, lack of properly designed form, lack of clarity of performance evaluation criteria and presence of subjectivity. Role ambiguity and frustration among employees, and the unqualified measurement standards used for performance evaluation were other problems identified by the study. The performance evaluation forms employed were not well designed in light of the nature and characteristics of job families. Furthermore, the study has confirmed that supervisors were not recording and documenting the ongoing performance of employees continuously. Their evaluation of the performance of employees has been highly influenced by recent behavioral factors. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were drawn and possible recommendations have been forwarded.