THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PRACTICE ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION: IN CASE OF MADDA WALABU UNIVERSITY, ROBE CAMPUS.

One of the most crucial aspects of human resource management in businesses is performance evaluation. Therefore, integrating a performance evaluation system with improved HR procedures will improve both employee work satisfaction and performance evaluation satisfaction. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of employee performance evaluation practice on employee job satisfaction: in case of Madda Walabu University, Robe Campus. Both descriptive and explanatory research design were used with a quantitative research approach to investigate the relationship between the performance evaluation dimension such as; - feedback, fairness in the performance evaluation process, clarity of performance evaluation process, level of communication between supervisor and employee, trust in supervisors and accuracy rating and employee job satisfaction. In order to fulfill the given objective, the primary data that was collected through close ended questionnaires was employed. From 1317 population of Madda Walabu University main campus Administrative workers, the researcher was selected 307 respondents by using stratified random sampling technique. Version 23 of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to evaluate the data that was gathered. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as means and standard deviations, correlation and regression analysis are conducted. The finding of this study shows that performance evaluation feedback, fairness of performance evaluation process and clarity performance evaluation process has positive and significant effect on employee job satisfaction. Consequently, level of communication between supervisors’ & employees and accuracy rating has negative effect on employee job satisfaction. However, Trust in supervisors has no impact on employee job satisfaction according to this study. Finally, based on the findings of the study, in order for MWU, to be benefited the most out of the Employee job satisfaction the researcher recommends that the university human resources department should set up ongoing training and development programs for managers and supervisors who conduct performance evaluation on a regular basis.2