Teamwork and Staff Performance at Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre(UBAIC)Uganda

Abstract

The present study sought to examine the effect of work teams on employee performance in Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre. The objective of this research was to examine the effects of teamwork on employees’ performance in Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre. The study adopted a descriptive survey design on a target population of 205staffs of Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre out of which a sample of 135 was drawn using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected from 120 employees by means of a questionnaire supplemented with interviews. Descriptive and inferential statisticswere used to analyze data under Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to examine the effects of the variables i.e.teamwork, team spirit, team trust, and team leadership and employee performance. The study results showed that, there is a significant and positive impact of the predictors on the response variable with an adjusted R2 of 70.5%. The I.Vs’ of teamwork, team spirit, team trust and leadership has a significant and positiveeffect on employee performance in UBAIC but from a negative perspective unfortunately. The recommendations given for this study therefore, are to aid UBAIC to improve teamwork for better organizational performanc