Work environment and its impact on employee performance evidence from National Sports Authority, Accra

Abstract

Employee welfare at the work place has become an important topic for discussion in human resource development literature. There is a teaming effort by both public and private organisations to improve the quality of their work environment. However, literature and a cursory observation of the general work environment show a state of poor work environment which cause constant employee agitations. Consequently, this study sought to investigate the work environment and its impact on employee performance: using the National Sports Authority, Accra, as a case. A survey research design was used to assess the relationship between work environment and employee performance. A stratified random sampling technique was adopted to select 100 employees for this study. Respondents for this study were made up of both Senior staff and Junior staff of the NSA. A response rate of 78% was achieved. The data collected from the employees was analyzed using multiple regression and descriptive statistics. The study revealed that each of the components that define the work environment was statistically significant to the performance of the National Sports Authority. However, the social work environment of employees of the Authority was the most conducive work environment at National Sports Authority and the psychological environment was the least conducive. The study recommends that the Authorities must improve upon its psychological environment to improve upon the psychological health of its employees to accomplish the organization’s mission and vision