EFFECT OF WORK ETHICS ON JOB PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF KOLFE KERANYO SUB-CITY

Abstract

This study on Effect work ethics on job performance in Kolfe-Keranyo sub-city of Addis Ababa city Administration was conducted with overall purpose of improving job performance by enhancing work ethics. Descriptive and explanatory research designs were applied to gather information, summarize, present data and interpret it for the purpose of clarification. A questionnaire approach using five Point Likert-scales was used for data collection while descriptive and inferential analyses were used for data analysis. The response rate of this survey was 84.5 percent with majority of the respondents characterized with age group of 26-35 years accounting for 30.1%. & in terms of education the respondents were dominated by Bachelor degree (48.7%). The results of correlation analysis revealed respective correlation coefficients of 0.686, 0.716, 0.688 and 0.675 for accountability, honesty, justice /respect and observing values with employees’ job performance. The findings of the regression analysis indicated the regression model has captured 52.4 percent of the variation in job performance of the employees. For every one unit of increment in accountability, honesty, justice and respect and observing values, the respective changes in job performance were 15.7, 37.5, 19.6 and 2.9 percent. Thus justice and respect and accountability were the most significant variables followed by honesty and observing values towards enhancing job performance of employees. From the findings, it was consequently concluded that the studied variables have significant positive effects on employee job performance at Kolfe–Keranyo Sub-city. Thus, enhancing service delivery at Kolfe-Keranyo sub-city primarily requires attention to farther improving employee ethics. Future research should include wider perspectives of work performance and other methods of data collection such as cross-sectional and longitudinal methods to get more rigorous and sound research findings