Performance appraisal systems in private Universities in Nigeria: A Study of Crawford University, Igbesa- Nigeria
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of performance appraisal system at private
universities in Nigeria. The focus of the study was on the administrative staff of Crawford University.
The study evaluated the purpose of performance appraisal in private universities and identifies relevant
factors for achieving an effective performance appraisal. A cross- sectional survey was selected for this
study because it was easy to undertake compared to longitudinal survey and the results from the same
can be inferred to the larger population. The study population was for all the administrative staff of
Crawford University. The whole populations of staff were selected as respondents. A structured
questionnaire was used to collect the data for analysis. The analysis of collected data was done by the
help of SPSS and presented using descriptive statistics, frequency tables and percentages. The
findings from the study have established that performance appraisal system is the only tangible metric
way by which an organization can know the level of performance of its diverse members of staff. The
effectiveness of performance appraisal systems in private universities are only based on training the
members of staff involved in the rating/ appraising process and are multi- rating systems. Conclusively
because the performance appraisal systems used in private universities are not effective and that they
exist just as a matter of formalities, the private universities cannot measure members of staff
performance, hence making it difficult to achieve the intended human resource management objective.
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H Social Sciences (General)