Influence of Performance Appraisal on Employee Performance in Commercial Banks in Trans Nzoia County – Kenya

Performance appraisal has increasingly become part of a more strategic approach to integrating human resource activities and business policies and may now be seen as a generic term covering a variety of activities through which organizations seek to assess employees and develop their competence, enhance performance and distribute rewards. The main objective of this study therefore, is to determine the influence of performance appraisal on bank worker’s performance in 10 selected commercial banks in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. A total of 178 research subjects were drawn from the target population using the stratified and the simple random sampling technique. 120 respondents’ questionnaires were completed and returned. This represents 67 percent response rate. Data analysis was done through descriptive statistics, specifically use of frequencies and percentages. Data was presented in frequency tables and Chi Square method was used for testing the hypothesis. The findings show that: there is a significant relationship between performance appraisal and worker’s performance.