Employee Work Mentality And Job Performance In Local Government, A Case Study Of Adjumani District Local Government, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSabi Yazid Jackson
dc.date.accessioned2026-11-04T06:33:33Z
dc.date.available2026-11-04T06:33:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMentality of employees affects their behavior in the workplace. Understanding the difference between behavior and attitude and their relationship to an employee's success helps supervisors solve problems like negative team morale, poor efficiency and stagnant growth. The purpose of the study was to assess the effect (s) of employee work mentality on job performance of employees in Adjumani District Local Government of Uganda; with specific objectives to; (i) examine the work mentality of employees in ADLG, (ii) examine the performance of employees in ADLG, (iii) establish the relationship between employee work mentality and job performance in ADLG, and (iv) determine the influence of government policy on the relationship between employee work mentality and job performance in ADLG. The researcher adopted a cross-sectional research design to guide this study and used mixed-method approach including quantitative & qualitative to collect and analyze data. The study targeted 291 participants and actually managed to interview 283 respondents representing a response rate of 97.3%. The study found out that the staff of ADLG demonstrated work mentality that enhanced their ability to perform well in their job roles and responsibilities. Personality traits play a key role in building team work as well as high level of motivation to work in the local government. Performance of staff of ADLG was relatively high with majority of them being very effective and efficient in performing their duties and complying with work guidelines, policies and laws. Employee work mentality significantly influenced the job performance of staff with increase in the cognitive abilities, motivation and personality traits increasing the level of job performance of the staff. The study also revealed that much as government policies had a significant direct influence on job performance, it did not moderate the relationship between employee work mentality and job performance. The study concluded that employee work mentality is a core determinant of job performance of staff in local governments. It recommended that (i) Local Government (LG) should develop tools for periodically measuring employee work mentality; including their cognitive abilities, personality traits and level of motivation in order to ensure better staff mix and placement, (ii) LG should develop objective means of measuring the performance of staff other than using supervisory ratings which are normally subjective in nature, (iii) LG should ensure that there is no conflict of interest between the political wing and the technical wing which often hampers performance.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/1130
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGulu University
dc.subjectEmployee work mentality
dc.subjectcognitive ability
dc.subjectpersonality traits
dc.subjectmotivation and job performance.
dc.titleEmployee Work Mentality And Job Performance In Local Government, A Case Study Of Adjumani District Local Government, Uganda
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