Browsing by Author "Molla, Tesfaye"

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    Effects of Performance Appraisal on Employee Motivation in the Case of Major General Hayelom Areya Military Academy (Holeta)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-05-23) Molla, Tesfaye; Walombo, Wolde Emmanuel (PhD)
    The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of performance appraisal on employee motivation in the case of Major General Hayelom Areya Military Academy. Causal research design was used. As a result to analyze this relationship the researcher mainly deployed mixed type of research design. 151 respondents were selected representing a population of 243 using stratified random sampling in each department. Self-Administer Drop off survey data collection technique was used and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 22.0 was employed to analyze and present the data through the statistical tools, namely descriptive and inferential analysis. Performance appraisal did not motivated employees in the academy. Performance appraisal rating cannot be considered as a technique that has a pos i t ive effect on work performance and employee motivation. The performance appraisal identifies performance problems to improve employee motivation and job satisfaction. In general the research findings were Pas and PAM had appositive relation with employees’ motivation. And PAM was more affects motivation than PAS in the academy. Unfair evaluation system and understanding of performance appraisal objectives were the major factors that reduce morale for performance at the academy. To encourage the commandants and other supervisors in developing fair evaluation systems to help provide well perform results and satisfaction for the staff of the military academy. Employees did not trust on the PAS, PAM and motivation factors of academies implementation; on its unfairness and less of good communication in the academy performance appraisal result become de-motivation, job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, and turnover would occur in the Academy.
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    Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agent Banking in Selected Private Banks
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-12) Molla, Tesfaye; Bekele, Teshome (PhD)
    This study aim to see the factors that influence the adoption of agent banking in commercial banks of Ethiopia. The study tries to answer research questions such as Why do commercial banks venture into agent banking? What are the factors influences the adoption of agency banking? To answer the questions descriptive study used to analyze the data gathered from the selected private banks Dashen Bank, United Bank and Lion International Bank. The study uses different theories which have relation to the adoption of agent banking like innovation theory, agency theory and porter’s competitive theory. Based on this a research frame work developed by identifying the factors as independent variable and adoption of agent banking as dependent variable. The factors identified are technology, demography, competition, regulation, consumer behavior and untapped market. The study identifies that the factors have great influence on commercial banks to adopt agent banking since agent banking has benefit for the banks and the customers in reducing costs. Moreover, agent banking helps the banks to be competitive, widen their customer base, and enable them accessible to reach the unbanked population. The study recommends banks have to conduct technology based competition to widen their customer base by reaching the unbanked society which is the huge untapped opportunity. The regulatory body also has to see the regulation from time to time to control the risk associated with the product and revise points which might have restriction on the process. Keywords: Adoption of Agent Banking, unbanked population, regulatory body
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    The Relationship between Transformational Leadership, Public Service Motivation, Affective Commitment and Organizational Performance in Public Service Employees Transport Service Enterprise (PSETSE)
    (A.A.U, 2021-10) Molla, Tesfaye; Temesgen, Berhanu (Dr.)
    This study examines the relationship between transformational leadership, affective organizational commitment, public service motivation, and perceived organizational performance. A structural equation modeling was used to examine the perceptions of 112 public employees in Ethiopian Public Service Employees Transport Service Enterprise. The result indicates that transformational leadership has a positive, significant but medium relationship with perceived organization performance, affective organizational commitment, and public service motivation. It is also found that transformational leadership has a positive effect on AOC, PSM and POP. However, the level of influence slightly differs. It is revealed that 29.6%, 41.6% and 23.5% of change on civil servant’s perceived organizational performance, affective organizational commitment, and public service motivation respectively is explained by the variation in the transformational leadership at the Enterprise. It is found that affective organizational commitment has significant contribution in the improvement of organization performance at Enterprise. The result also indicated that public service motivation has a significantly positive relation with and impacts on both perceived organizational performance and affective organizational commitment. In all these cases, however, the relationships and effects are found to be moderate except transformation leadership with public service motivation. Affective organizational commitment and public service motivation have mediating effect on perceived organizational performance albeit the indirect effect is weak. It is also found that none of the control variables (gender, age, marital status, educational background and work experience) has any significant effect on affective organizational commitment, public service motivation, and perceived organizational performance. It is possible to conclude that transformational leadership does play an important role in determining the levels of perceived organizational performance, both directly and indirectly, but only at medium level. Thus, in order to elevate its effects to a higher level, sustained and long-term management development programs should be designed to promote the existing status of transformation leadership at Enterprise; and the level of centralization, formalization and routinization should also be reduced.
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    Roadblocks to Economic Integration in the Igad Sub-Regional
    (Addis Ababa University, 2002-05) Molla, Tesfaye; Gudina, Merera (PhD)
    This study attempts to identify the principal challenges to economic integration in the sub-region of IGAD. The study argues that theories of economic integration that are relevant to understanding the roadblocks to the attempts aimed at economic integration in developing countries in general and in the IGAD sub-region in particular require a merger of the theories of functionalism, neo-functionalism and dynamic Customs Union and exogenous factors. The study tries to set out the main conditions that are necessary for successful economic integration among developing countries which are explored from the past experience of regional and sub-regional economic groupings within and outside the continent of Africa. These are: the need for the existence of at least one ‘big brother’ in the economic bloc and/or larger number of participating member states; de-link from North and encourage South-South cooperation; the promotion and development of infrastructure and communications; the need for sustained and irreversible commitment on the parts of the participating governments to honor financial contribution, empower the sub-regional organization and incorporate regional polices into national programmes; and the need for the existence of stability, compromise, tolerance and political harmony, and confidence among member states. The assessment of this study reveals the prevalence of major challenges that work against the attempt to effective economic integration in the IGAD subregion. The principal challenges identified are: excessive dependence of member states on external agents ( the Western countries and their institutions), the impact of the triad trading blocs ( Europe, America, East Asia), the incompatibility of the Lome Convention and Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) on the promotion of regionalism, poor communication. performance, lack of sustained and irreversible commitment by the participating governments, and mistrust, suspicion and lack of confidence between and among the partners. The conclusion that emerges from such analysis is that the economic integration attempt in the IGAD sub-region is far from success. Thus, this study stresses that if genuine and sustainable economic integration is to be pursued in the sub-region, IGAD needs to minimize its ties with the North and enhance South-South cooperation, ensure the harmonization of national and sub-regional policies, promote an active involvement of people in the economic integration process, make sustained and irreversible commitment on the progress made, develop a climate of trust and confidence among the nations and populations, and make short-term compromises in the interest of long-term goals and benefits.