| dc.description.abstract | The study was focused on establishing a relationship between job design practices and employee
performance in Mengo Hospital. A cross sectional survey design which was both qualitative and
quantitative in nature was employed for the first time on respondents within the medical surgery,
nursing and dental departments of the hospital. The research objectives were based on
establishment of relationships between job enlargement, job rotation and job enrichment with
employee performance and research questions were formulated from these objectives to guide
the researcher throughout the entire survey. The study also employed a self-administered
questionnaire as a research instrument and it comprised of both open and close ended questions
relating to job design practices in terms of job enlargement, job rotation and job enrichment as
well as questions relating to employee performance in terms of employee efficiency, productivity
and quality of output. The population considered appropriate for the study was 95 respondents
from which a sample size of 76 was chosen basing on the krejcie and Morgan table of sample
size selection criteria. Data that was collected from these respondents was analyzed and coded
using the social package for social scientists with the help of data computations instruments so as
to generate tables showing means, percentages, standard deviations as well as charts including
pie charts, and bar graphs that were clearly explained. Descriptive statistics were also generated
for all the dimensions under both the dependent and independent variable and were explained
using a scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree as well as the rate at which
responses were deviating from the mean figure. The results generated from the study showed
that there was a negative but significant relationship between job enlargement and employee
performance and significant but positive relationships between job rotation and performance as
well as job enrichment and performance, meaning that the research questions were answered
accordingly. The study also availed key recommendations such as investment in more training of
employees, downsizing on the labor force, improvement of working conditions, enhancement of
management structures as well as availing employee with more autonomy at their work place. | en_US |
