Communication and Employee Performance of Moyo District Administration Headquarters of West Nile Region Northern Uganda.
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2016-11
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management Sciences .
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of communication on
employee performance of Moyo district administration headquarters West Nile
region of Northern Uganda. The study was guided by four specific objectives
which included; ยท identifying the effect of downward, Upward, Horizontal
communication and their relationships on employee performance in Moyo district.
The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design and with both quantitative
and qualitative research paradigms with sample size of 120 respondents being
used. Findings reveled that; downward communication had a significant influence
on employee performance sig= 0.000; beta=0.576; r2=0.445. Upward
communication had a very high influence on employee performance sig=O.OOO;
Beta= 0.800; and r2=0.861. Horizontal communication has a significant influence
on employee performance, sig=O.OOO; beta=0.385; and r2=0.226. On
relationship, all sub variables of communication were found to have significant
relationship with employee performance. The study therefore, concluded the
communication has significant positive effect on employee performance. There is
also a significant positive relationship between communication and employee
performance. Upward communication is much fairly than downward and
horizontal communication in influencing employee performance. Therefore, the
study recommends that management of organizations should improve on upward
communication because it is a better predictor of employee performance.
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A thesis presented to the College of Higher Degrees and
Research Kampala International University
Kampala, Uganda. In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Masters
Degree of Arts in Human Resource Management.
Keywords
Communication, Employee Performance, Moyo District, Uganda