Human resource practices and employee performance in Montserrado local government-Liberia:
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2018-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
The study established the effect of human resource practices on employee performance
in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia, three specific objectives guided this study
and these were i) determining the effect of promotional opportunities on employee
performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia; ii) establishing the effect of
training opportunities on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia,
Liberia, and (iii) investigating the effect of performance appraisals on employee
performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia. The study adopted the
following designs; descriptive correlational to measure the degree of association
between variables, cross-sectional research design was used because data was
drawn/collected from a wide spread of respondents and multiple linear regression
analysis was used to establish the significant effect between variables. The study used
a research population of 200 and a sample size of 133. The findings indicated that
promotional opportunities significantly affects employee performance in Montserrado
County in Monrovia, Liberia, the findings revealed that there is a significant effect
training opportunities has on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia
Liberia and the findings of this study proved a positive significant effect performance
appraisal has on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia.
The researcher concluded that; promotional opportunities has a positive significant
effect on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia, hence
concluding that promotional opportunities contribute to employee performance in
Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia, and finally performance a~5praisal has a
positive significant effect on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia,
Liberia, hence concluding that good performance appraisal increases the level of
employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia and poor
performance appraisal system reduces it. The researcher recommended that; the
~managernent of Montserrado County should make sure that promotions are based on
how wE~l an employee does the work but not basing on tribe and religion, the
employees-in Montserr~do County should have the opportunity to have ‘a say’ in
organizational policies and decisions that affect them, this can be done by allowing
employees to attend meetings and let them contribute during decision making, and the
dimensions of access to services should always be a pre-condition for quality in
Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia. The study contributed to new knowledge by
identifying different human resource practices used in Montserrado County in Monrovia,
Liberia which induded promotional opportunities, training opportunities and
performance appraisals. The following are the measurements of employee performance
in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia; work efficiency, service delivery and goal
accomplishment.
Description
a thesis report presented to the college of economics and management of Kampala international university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of master’s degree in human resource.
Keywords
Human resource practices, employee performance