Open AccessINFORMAL RELATIONSHIPS ON EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author(s) -
Uwimpuhwe Dorothée
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of advanced academic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2488-9849
DOI - 10.46654/ij.24889849.s61011
Subject(s) - null hypothesis , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , psychology , population , saint , applied psychology , statistics , sociology , mathematics , computer science , demography , computer security
This research is aimed at determining and comparing the relationship between informal relationships and employee job performance in the selected technical secondary schools (TSSs) of Muhanga District, Southern Province, in Rwanda. The study was conducted in Ecole Secondaire Bulinga and College Saint Peter of Shyogwe. During this research, both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in collecting and analyzing data. The population of the study was 43 employees where only 21 out of 26 employees of Ecole Secondaire Bulinga and 17 of College Saint Peter of Shyogwe contributed to the study. The primary data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, and observation; numerical data was analyzed by SPSS software version 22 using descriptive method and analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient to come up with its interpretation. This study was guided by a null hypothesis which presented no significant influence of informal relationships on employee job performance in the selected TSSs. The statistical evidence depicts that there is a moderate significant relationship between those variables as Pearson Correlation Coefficient is .659 showing a Positive Correlation for ESB while that of College Saint Peter of Shyogwe was .564 which is also positive and significant. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected while alternative hypothesis accepted and the researcher confirmed that there exists an influence of informal relationships on employee job performance in the selected TSSs. In the view of the findings derived from the study, some recommendations were made to the selected TSSs like setting informal relationships policies and strategies in order to prevent any negative outcome which can result from relationships that are detrimental to employee job performance and the overall organizational performance.