EFFECT OF WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NONTEACHING SENIOR STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION WINNEBA

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  staff performance. Training must be provided to staffs on matters related to their health and safety