Rewards and performance of medical professionalism public health sector of Uganda.

Abstract

The study set out to examine the effect of rewards on employee performance atTororo District General Hospital in Eastern Uganda. The study was guided by study objectives which included; to establish the effect of salaries on employee performance, to examine the effect of allowances on employee performance, andto find out the effect of promotion on employee performance. A case study research design which employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches was used. The study targeted a population of 54 employees at Tororo District General Hospital in Eastern Uganda. A sample size of 48 was drawn from the target population. Questionnaires, interviews and documentary review was used to collect data. Quantitative data was fed into SPSS software program that generated frequencies, percentages, correlations and regression tables. Qualitative data was manually analyzed by the researcher. Findings in the study showed that there is a positive weak correlation between salary and employee performanceat (R2 ) = .091, at a level of significance P = .000 (2-tailed) given by the Pearson correlation while the Regression value was significant at yet weak at.008 meaning that salary alone is not enough to influence positive employee performance at Tororo District General Hospital. There was a positive correlation between allowances and employee performance at (r) = .257 with a level of significance P = .000 (2-tailed) given by the Pearson correlation, and Regression value of .066fairly strong was significant to employee performance meaning that allowances paid at Tororo District General Hospital were significant though not sufficient to motivate positive employee performance. Another indicator promotion gave a high correlation coefficient of (r) = .264 at a significance level of P = .000 (2-tailed) given by the Pearson Correlation and a Regression value of .070 meaning there is a moderate relationship between promotion and employee performance at Tororo District General Hospital. The researcher recommended that; government should consider separating lunch allowances from salaries since employees nolonger see the value of the allowances, a minimum and maximum wage ceiling should be established to harmonies salaries across public service, promotions should be encouraged through giving employees more responsibility either through job enlargement or enrichment to allow for more involvement and commitment and that government should encourage more extrinsic rewards since employees at the hospital seem to value extrinsic rewards more than intrinsic rewards