THE EFFECT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEM ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (UNECA)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of performance appraisal system on employee’s performance at the UNECA. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, descriptive study and explanatory research design were used. Descriptive research design was appropriate for the achievement of the research objectives to describe the existing performance appraisal system and employee’s performance, besides explanatory research design used to examine the relationship between performance appraisal system and employee’s performance developing the working hypotheses from an operational point of view. The population for the study was 592 and a sample size of the 238 respondents was selected. Questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect primary data for this study and out of 238 questionnaires distributed 190 of the respondents were retrieving from the respondents, which is 80% rate. The data analyzed were used descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviations while inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation and regression coefficient. To make it clear the result presented with tables, figures and histograms. In this regard, this study finding was the six factors of effective performance appraisal system have significant positive effect on employee performance. From the results, it was possible to conclude that the effect of performance appraisal system has a significant relationship with employee performance. Whereas, the rewarding performance respondents are at the middle of the road, there are a few elements of the existing performance appraisal system that are limiting the effectiveness of the appraisal to enhance the maximum level of the employee performance in the organization. Finally, the study conclude that the performance appraisal system is an important factor and can play a major role on employee job performance.