Effect of Capacity Building on Employee Performance of Staff of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly

Abstract

This study set out to assess the effect of capacity building on employee performance in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana. There were four specific objectives which the study aimed to achieve and these include to determine the impact of financial capacity building on employee performance, to assess the effect of administrative capacity building on employee performance, to determine the impact of training on employee performance and to analyse the combined effect of capacity building on organizational performance. The study was based on the views of 175 workers from the study area. Linear and multiple regression analyses were used to establish the influence of capacity building on employee performance. The results show that capacity building dimensions such as financial and administrative had a positive and significant influence on employee performance. Again, training and development had a positive and significant influence on employee performance. Results from multiple regression also suggest that capacity building traits greatly influenced employee performance. It was recommended that management of Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly should design both direct and indirect forms of capacity building in order to enhance employee performance.