The Effect of Involvement on Staff Performance in Yumbe District Local Government – Uganda

Abstract

The study set to determine the effect of involvement on staff performance in Yumbe District Local Government, Uganda. It adopted Cross–Sectional Correlational Survey design. The design employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches. From the sample size of 186 respondents selected, a total of 132 questionnaires were returned, 10 respondents were interviewed, representing a response rate of 76%. According to Blaikie (2009), samples with response rate above 50% are regarded as good. The researchers used both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the data from the questionnaires. Results revealed that involvement of staff and performance had a weak co-relation but, statistically significant (a coefficient 0.334 at 0.05 significance level), in Yumbe District Local Government in Uganda.