Assessing The Effect Of Performance Appraisal On Employees’ Performance. The Mediating Role Of Job Satisfaction Among Selected Second Cycle Institutions In The Kwadaso Municipality

Abstract

The study sought to assess the impact of performance appraisal systems on the performance of employees with job satisfaction as a mediating factor. The study employed descriptive design and quantitative approach. Population of the study comprised all staff of the 3 selected schools (Prempeh College, Yaa Asantewaa Girls SHS, and Agric Nzema Community Day SHS) which numbered 215. The convenient sampling technique was employed to sample out 100 staff from the population to participate in the study. Data for the study were obtained through questionnaire administration. Descriptive analysis methods such as mean, standard deviation, percentage, and frequency are used to arrive at absolute numbers which represent the data set. Inferential analysis methods such as correlation and regression are used to show relationships between multiple variables. The quantitative data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS application. The study showed that there is a significant relationship between performance appraisal (PA) and employees’ performance (EP). Pearson product correlation of appraisal systems and employees’ performance was found to be low positive and statistically significant (r=.459, p< .05). Hence H1 was supported (the null hypothesis was rejected). This shows that an increase in employees’ performance appraisal would lead to a high performance of teachers in second cycle institutions in the Kwadaso Municipality. The results clearly reveal the positive impact of PA and JS on EP. Moreover, the R2 = .459 depicts that the independent variable PA and JS combined explains 45.9% of the variance in EP. The b = .484 and b = .446 reveals that PA and JS explains 48.4% and 44.6% variance in EP respectively. The study recommends that employees should be made to participate and have a say on matters regarding themselves and provide them more opportunities for training and development teachers will likely be motivated.