Performance Appraisal Practices (PAPs) and Employee Engagement (EE) Relationship in the Nigerian Civil Service

Abstract

Survey in the administration pasture specified that employee engagement (EE) is crucial to effective civil service, because civil service achievement significantly depend on EE. Though, very little thought was given to performance appraisal practices (PAPs) in relations to EE in the civil service context. The key purpose of this study is to analysis the PAPs (i.e. training, performance feedback, job promotion, financial reward and performance recognition) in relation with EE. Consequently, 510 civil servants were included in this review. The research data were gathering via quantitative survey, from civil servants in Kwara State. The hypotheses formulated were checked using PLS-SEM. The outcomes of the findings offered support for three (3) hypotheses out of the five (5). The results of the research signified that job promotion, financial reward as well as performance recognition have significant relationships with EE, while the performance feedback and training have no significant relations with EE. Thus, this investigation gives empirical confirmation to the practitioners on EE. It further offers insight for directors in civil service on how to boost EE via training, performance feedback, job promotion, financial reward and performance recognition.