ABSTRACT

This study focused on the effect of performance appraisal strategies on employee effectiveness, a study of selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The specific objectives were to; examine the effect of technological aided performance appraisal strategy on employee performance of the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State, ascertain the impact of employee self-assessment strategy on employee effectiveness of the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State, determine the effect of 360-Degree feedback on employee productivity of the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State and determine the challenges of performance appraisal in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The study was guided by a descriptive survey design because it gives detailed information about issues, problems, events and describes events as they are. Both primary and secondary data were used. The population of the study was 9012 of teaching and non teaching employees and the sample size of 383 respondents was obtained using Taro Yamane technique. The researcher used questionnaire for data collection. The data gathered for the study were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Pearson correlation, independent sample test and Pearson Chi square was used to test hypotheses with the aid of statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). The study showed that technological aided performance appraisal strategy had significant effect on employee performance. The findings also revealed that there was significant impact of employee self-assessment strategy on employee effectiveness. Thirdly, the study showed that 360-Degree feedback had significant effect on employee productivity. Finally, the result of the study discovered that ineffective performance appraisal system and incompetent leadership were among the challenges of performance appraisal in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The researcher recommended that Nigeria tertiary institutions should improve on their technological aided performance appraisal strategy in order to boost their institutional survival.