Performance Appraisal and Employees Productivity: A Study of Oke-Ogun Polytechnic Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

study aims at investigating the effectiveness of the performance appraisal system at The Oke-Ogun Polytechnics Saki, with particular focus on how evaluation criteria, feedback, and linkage between appraisals and rewards affect employee motivation and productivity. To achieve its objectives of examining the effect of performance appraisal on workers’ productivity and how the employee reward system associated with performance appraisal influences employee productivity in the polytechnic, the study deployed the use of survey questionnaire to elicit quantitative data from 236 respondents across the institution.  Findings reveal that performance appraisal has a statistically significant and positive effect on workers’ productivity at The Oke-Ogun Polytechnics Saki; and that employees who received regular feedback through appraisal sessions demonstrated higher engagement levels and task performance The study therefore concludes that an effective performance appraisal system serves as a critical driver of employee productivity, as reward systems associated with performance appraisal play a decisive role in improving performance outcomes. It recommends that the management of the Polytechnic should institutionalize a structured, transparent, and regular appraisal process which involves continuous monitoring and timely feedback. The study equally suggests that the management should introduce digital platform that has the capacity of automating record.