Employee Performance Measurement and Management in the African Public Sector

Authors

  • Clement Mbore Moi University, P O Box 3900-30100, Eldoret-Kenya
  • Thomas Cheruiyot Moi University, P O Box 3900-30100, Eldoret-Kenya

Keywords:

Employee performance measurements, performance management, performance measures, and African public sector.

Abstract

This article addresses nexus between employee performance measurement and management in the African public sector. This paper reviews the different performance measurement system design processes published in the literature and creates a framework for comparing alternative approaches. The paper then proceeds to review the literature on performance measurement system implementations and finds that the performance measurement is at the stage of identifying difficulties and pitfalls to be avoided based on practitioner

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2017-09-19

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Mbore, C., & Cheruiyot, T. (2017). Employee Performance Measurement and Management in the African Public Sector. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 36(1), 187–201. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7964

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Vol. 36 No. 1 (2017)

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