Effect of Performance Appraisals on Organizational Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Pokot Central Sub County

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the Effect of performance appraisals on organizational performance in Pokot Central Sub County. This study was guided by the following objective; to determine the effect of employee productivity on organizational performance in public secondary school in central Pokot sub County. The theories which guided this study includes, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, expectancy theory, Herzberg’s two factor theory, Goal setting theory and Agency theory. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Population target included all the teachers in Pokot central Sub County who are 300 in total with a sample size of 170 teachers. Questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents. The pilot study was carried out in ten schools whose results were not included in the final result. The data was collected and fed in statistical packages of social science (SPSS) version 2.0 and was analyzed by use of descriptive data analysis technique, and presented in the form of frequency tables. The study was to help Pokot central Sub county to come up with better ways of performance appraisal for its employees in order to improve organizational growth. It is also hoped that the study was to provide information helpful in providing the managers with information that was to help to improve employee job satisfaction which helps organization perform. Finally, the study was to serve as a data bank for researchers who wish to conduct further research on performance appraisals.

Keywords: Employee Productivity, Organisational Performance