EMPLOYEES’ ENGAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF TANZANIAN PUBLIC HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS: A CASE OF INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WORK

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 187 - 194, 31.12.2023

Dominic Nkolimwa

Abstract

Purpose-This article aimed at analyzing the influence of employees’ engagement on public higher learning ınstitutions performance in Tanzania. The performance of organizations worldwide depends on many factors including the availability of talented, committed and engaged employees. Hence, employees’ engagement has an impact on organizational performance and national development at large.
Methodology- A quantitative research strategy and a positivism approach were used in the study. The article applied the correlation research design. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze data from 84 questionnaires from the Institute of Social Work, Dar es Salaam. Three hypotheses were tested to verify the model on the Employees’ engagement on organizational performance.
Findings-The results demonstrate that Employee Involvement (EI), Employee Working Environment (EWE) and Employee Motivation (EM) have positive influence on Organizational performance (OP).
Conclusion- Managers in public and private organizations should seriously consider engaging employees in various decisions and duties performed at work in order to continue improving the performance of the organizations.

Keywords

Employees’ engagement, organizational performance, working environment, involvement, motivation

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