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Effect of Performance Appraisal on Employee Productivity in a Nigerian University

Journal of Economics and Business Research

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Title Effect of Performance Appraisal on Employee Productivity in a Nigerian University
 
Creator Onyije, Oroma Chioma
 
Subject Performance, Evaluation, Employee, Productivity
 
Description The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of appraisal system in Niger Delta University on employee productivity. The ineffective practice of performance appraisal could affect employee productivity. The methodology employed was a survey study design. During the research process, the population of study comprises about 3478 Academic and non-academic staff. The researcher sampled 3% of the total population using stratified random sampling. In course of investigation, instrument used were self developed questionnaire distributed to 104 respondents of which 102 were retrieved. Correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis. There was a significant relationship between performance appraisal and employee productivity and that effective appraisal system could boost the morale of workers especially when they are rated adequately. The findings also revealed that performance criteria also affect the relationship between performance appraisal and employee productivity. Performance appraisal should provide accurate and relevant rating of an employee performance as compared to pre-established criteria. Employees should not be appraised based on their personal trait but on performance variables.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics and Business Research
 
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Date 2015-06-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.uav.ro/jour/index.php/jebr/article/view/518
 
Source Journal of Economics and Business Research; Vol 21, No 2 (2015): J of Economics & Business Research; 65 - 81
2069-9476
2068-3537
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.uav.ro/jour/index.php/jebr/article/view/518/pdf.
 
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