Influence of Performance Appraisal on Organizational Performance of Textile and Apparels Firms in Nairobi County

Abstract

A firm’s performance can provide a general picture on how the firm is doing in terms of product quality, market share and profit relative to other firms in the same industry. A number of parameters such as customer experience, financial performance, social responsibility, employee stewardship, organizational engineering and performance appraisal can be used to measure performance. Although performance remains a complicated notion that has been examined by many scholars, there seems to be inadequate literature on the influence of performance appraisal on organizational performance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of performance appraisal on organizational performance of textile and apparels firms in Nairobi County. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population comprised of the 121 licensed Firms by the Nairobi County, which have been in business for over three years with focus on either the owners or general managers of the firms. From the population of 121 firms, a sample size of 92 firms was selected. The research utilized questionnaires as the key data collection instrument. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The descriptive statistical tools including Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 22) and MS Excel helped the researcher to describe the data and determine the extent of influence. The study found that performance appraisal had a positive significant influence on organizational performance of firms in textile and apparels industry