By Anvah, Moses
The focus of this study was on Influence of performance appraisal on employees’ productivity in Nasarawa State tertiary Institutions. The prime problem that necessitated this study was to determine the extent which performance appraisal help in influencing employees’ productivity in Nasarawa state tertiary institution.' The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of performance appraisal and employees productivity enhancement in Nasarawa state tertiary institutions. The population of the study was1034 made up of all the teaching staff and management staff for the studied. A sample of 191 respondents was drawn from the population, made up of 15 management staff, 106 male lecturers and 70 female lecturers. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey design. Data were collected with the aid of questionnaire and treated using real limit of the mean values and hypothesis tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Interpretation of finding revealed that staff productivity indicators are influenced by performance appraisal to a very high extent in Nasarawa state tertiary institutions. These staff productivity indicators include: encourages competency based assessment leading to higher output, employees are corrected where they have mistake to increase productivity, satisfied employees help improve productivity, performance appraisal makes an employees more effective. It exposes the strengths and weaknesses of an employees, it suggests methods for improvement in areas where training is required At the end of the study it was recommended that the management of tertiary institutions should develop a culture of rewarding outstanding performance and should set up a result oriented system of conducting performance appraisals.. Specific motivational measures capable of boosting the morale and productivity levels of employees should also be encouraged.