| dc.description.abstract | The study set out to establish the factors affecting staff performance in Local Governments
in Uganda, a case study of Kasese District. The study was guided by three objectives
namely; to establish how technical factors affect staff performance, to assess the
contribution of financial resources to staff performance and to establish the moderator
effect of government policy on staff performance in Kasese District. Findings are; the
correlation analysis and T-Test analysis showed that technical factors have a positive
relationship on staff performance. The analysis on financial resources showed that financial
resources have a negative relationship on staff performance. It was found out that
government policy has a significant moderator effect on staff performance. It was
established that rewards and performance have a relationship because people are motivated
when they expect that a course of action is likely to lead to the attainment of a goal and
reward results into improved performance. And it was found out that staff recognition has a
significant relationship with performance as Hertzberg (1968) noted that recognition is an
intrinsic job satisfier and therefore, when staff are not recognized then there is possibility of
not performing as expected. The study concluded that skills and experience have a
significant relationship on performance, opportunities for further studies be provided to
staff to enhance their performance, salaries paid to staff have a bearing on performance, the
provision of non-financial rewards can enhance performance, government policy has a
bearing on staff performance. The study recommended that five staff should be given
opportunities for further studies each year to enhance their performance, the District
leadership should ask the central government to review the salaries paid to staff, Kasese
district should institute mechanisms for the provision of financial and non financial
incentives to staff to enhance performance and the central government should release funds
to the district at the beginning of each quarter to enhance performance. | en_US |
