The relationship between allowances and employee performance at Kiruddu referral hospital. A cross-sectional study.

Abstract

Background

The study examines the relationship between allowances and employee performance at Kiruddu Referral Hospital.  

 Methodology

This study employed a descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional survey research design with a mixed-methods research approach. 144 medical staff of Kiruddu referral hospital were selected as respondents of the study using both purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The study used self-administered questionnaires to collect primary data and a documentary review checklist for secondary data.

 Results

In this study, 70% of the respondents were female, and 50% of the respondents were aged 35-44 years. The findings in table 4 showed a mean response of 2.1 and a standard deviation of 0.7 on the statement “Lunch allowances enable employees to work efficiently with no excuse, hence improved employee performance”. Further, 86.9% of the respondents agreed that the provision of transport allowance for employees at Kiruddu hospital enables them to reach in time and work for scheduled hours. There was a mean response of 1.6 with a standard deviation of 0.3 on the statement “There is no relationship between allowances and employee performance at Kiruddu Referral hospital”. This revealed that all the respondents disagreed that there is no relationship between allowances and employee performance at Kiruddu Referral Hospital. The correlation between allowances and employee performance was 0.534 with a significance value of P=0.000 (Table 5). This relationship was found to be significant (sig 0.000), hence a weak positive relationship

 Conclusion

Payment of allowance to health workers at Kirruddu referral hospital would improve their performance in service delivery.

 Recommendation

There is a need for management to ensure the timely payment of the structured allowances and salaries for employees.