The Effects of Employee Welfare Schemes on Job Performance: A Case Study of Action Against Hunger, Ethiopia Mission
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2021-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of this research paper is to study “The effects of employee welfare
schemes on job performance, the case of Action Against Hunger, Ethiopia Mission” The
four factors that have been examined in this study are employee welfare benefit scheme,
training, and development, safety and health in the workplace and gender
mainstreaming. A total number of responses from 210 respondents were used for analysis
in this research study. Questionnaires with closed-ended and five-point Likert scale items
were used as an instrument to collect data for the research. A total of 230 questionnaires
were distributed out of which 210 questionnaires were completed and returned. This
represented a response rate of 91.30%, which is valid and used for analysis. The data
collected were analyzed in SPSS Version 20.0. The researcher employed both descriptive
and explanatory research designs researcher also employed an explanatory research
design to distinguish the circumstances and logical results connection between
autonomous factors and, descriptive statistics were used to explain the demographic
characteristics of respondents by measuring mean and standard deviation. The result has
shown that the overall mean for the four aspects of employee welfare scheme, training
and development, safety and health in the workplace, and gender mainstreaming were
3.79, 3.05, 3.44, 3.91, and 4.16, respectively which were all above the cut-off point
developed by Alfarra (2009) except training and development(3.05) which indicates that
the four aspects of employee welfare schemes mentioned above are properly practiced in
Action Against Hunger except training and development which needs further
progression. Research questions were tested using statistical analysis of Pearson’s
Correlation and multiple linear regressions. The result has shown that employee welfare
benefits, training and development, safety and health and gender mainstreaming
significantly and positively affect job performances in Action Against Hunger.
Furthermore, the aforementioned factors that affect the employee welfare scheme in
Action Against Hunger significantly contribute 88.5% to job performance. But, this study
suggests future researchers find out the magnitude and strength of the effects of the four
variables on job performance in a similar humanitarian organization and find out if the
identical result can be obtained
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Employee welfare benefits, Training, safety and health