Abstract:
The study set out to examine to explore the impact of working
conditions and performance among non-teaching senior staff at the University
of Education Winneba. The specific objectives that guided the study were; to
assess the effects of physical conditions on performance of the non-teaching
senior staff; to analyse the effects of occupational health and safety on the
performance of the non-teaching senior staff; to analyse the effects of internal
organisational communication on performance of the non-teaching senior staff
in UEW. The study was a survey study which adopted a quantitative research
approach. The design of the study was descriptive, with a sample of 140 using
Krejcie & Morgan (1970), out of which 126 responded. The study adopted a
simple random sampling technique with a self-structured questionnaire as the
main instrument. The results from the survey were analysed with Statistical
Product and Service Solutions (SPSS 20 version) software. The study findings
first indicated that there is a significant positive relationship between
employee performance and physical working condition at UEW. The results of
the study also pointed out that, there was a strong positive effect of
occupational health and safety on employee performance. It was found that
internal communication has a positive and significant effect on employee
performance. The study recommends that the Management of the University
should provide comfortable working environment for the job of the nonteaching staff. The university should eliminate the barriers on communication
and create participative and transparent communication medium to improve
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staff performance. Training must be provided to staffs on matters related to
their health and safety.
