ELECTRONIC ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS, ABA

This work examined the impact of electronic annual performance evaluation report system on employee performance in Federal road safety corps, Aba, in Abia State, Nigeria. The survival of any organization is dependent on the strategies designed and adopted in coping with internal and external challenges. One of such measures is to keep the staff alive to their responsibilities, with the aim of increasing productivity. Organizations develop measures to rate their staff so as to reward or punish as occasion may demand. The Electronic Annual Performance Evaluation Report System (e-APERS) is one of such measures used to analyze an employee’s annual successes and failures, personal strengths and weaknesses, and suitability for promotion or further training. The procedural justice theory was adopted as the framework of this research. The survey research design was adopted, the area of the study is federal road safety corps, Aba. The researcher adopted the total population sampling technique, the researcher gathered data using questionnaire. Data were presented using simple percentages and tables. Hypothesis was tested using the chi-square (X) statistical tool. The hypothesis which states that; there is a significant relationship between electronic annual performance evaluation report system and employee attendance to work tested positive, The study found that electronic annual performance evaluation report system has affected employee attendance to work positively. The study recommend that management should introduce post appraisal counseling where the appraisal outcomes are analyzed to explain strengths and weaknesses and set agenda for better future performance. Keywords— Appraisal, Performance, Employee, Evaluation