Non-Monetary reward and employee performance in University teaching hospital of Kigali
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Date
2011-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
This study entitled “non-monetary rewards and employee performance in
University teaching hospital of Kigali (UTHK). Turnover of qualified
employees and remaining staffs who have organizational citizenship
behavior have been demotivated which can influence employee
performance was the main problem of this research. The study was
carried out basing on four specific objectives: to identify respondents’
demographical characteristics; to determine the degree of non-monetary
reward; to establish the level of employee performance; and then to
determine if there is a significant relationship between the degree of non-monetary reward and the level of employee performance in UTHK. The descriptive research design method was used in this study. It involves using questionnaire in collecting data from the respondents and both quantitative and qualitative research designs were used for data analysis
The SPAS was used to analyze all data. The study population comprised
714 employees of UTHK from which sample size of 256 respondents was
chosen, using systematic random sampling method. The data were
expressed into tables and were processed using frequency distribution,
means and Pearson’s Linear Correlation Coefficient.
The research findings stated that non-monetary rewards were
indispensable to improve employee performance because there is a
positive correlation in all instances. Therefore, the null hypothesis has
been rejected. The researcher recommended establishing an effective
system of non-monetary rewards as a tool of employee motivation for
good performance,
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A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master's of Arts in Human Resource Management
Keywords
Non-Monetary reward, Employee performance, University teaching hospital, Kigali