ABSTRACT
The main objective of the study is to examine employee participation in decision-making and its effects on employee performance at the Catholic University College. A descriptive approach was been used to describe employee participation in decision-making at the Catholic University College (CUCG). The cluster sampling technique was used to divide the population into mutually exclusive groups and then draw random samples from each group. The main research instrument used in this study was questionnaires. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the pre-coded questions. The study found out that employee involvement and empowerment approaches aim at enhancing responsibility, increasing authority, and making jobs challenging and interesting to employees, based on their abilities and the needs of the organization. The study also revealed that employee participation practice showed inefficiencies such as ignorance, little knowledge, and its unreliability nature for employees to depend on. Participation of employees in decision-making as per the research may be low when abilities, skills, and knowledge on certain issues are needed to arrive at a decision. The study recommends that employees should also be in the know about any information concerning their welfare and other matters. This will help employees identify themselves with the organization and be willing to give their best whenever the need arise for them to be involved in decision making.