Effect of Change Management on Employee Performance in Case Ethiopia Electric Utility Dire Dawa Region

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of change management on employee performance in case of Ethiopia Electric Utility Dire Dawa Region. In particular, the study would look into how organizational culture, leadership, technological advancements, and organizational structure affect employee performance. Both descriptive and explanatory research designs was applied to conduct this research. There are currently 378 people working for Ethiopia Electric Utility in the Dire Dawa Region. A sample of 194 people was chosen using a stratified sampling procedure. Both primary and secondary data sources were employed to meet the study's goal. Employees of the organization were complete closed-ended surveys to provide primary data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was used to assess the data collected through surveys. Additionally, statistics illustrating the link between the independent and dependent variables was generated using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22 (SPSS). In order to investigate the causal connection between the dependent and independent variables, multiple linear regressions are also performed. The major findings of the study indicated that change management construct such as Technological change, organizational leadership and organizational culture has a significant effect on employee performance whereas organizational structure has insignificant effect on employee performance of the organization. This study therefore, recommends that factors associated with change management practice need to be considered by organization in their strategic plans as they have significant impact on employee performance. Moreover, the company should give special attention on organizational structure to improve their workers performance.