Purpose: This study sought to establish the effect of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) traini... more Purpose: This study sought to establish the effect of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training on occupational accidents on performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study further sought to examine the moderating effect of management support on the relationship between employee training on occupational accidents and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. Methodology: The study was informed by entropy model and human factor theory. The study adopted the descriptive research design which used both quantitative and qualitative approach to determine the relationship between employee training and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the six cement manufacturing firms in Kenya while the unit of observation was five cement manufacturing firms. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain the sample size of 344 respondents drawn from human resource management, production department and marketing department. Findings: T...
Purpose: The important of employee retention cannot be overlooked since it has a direct implicati... more Purpose: The important of employee retention cannot be overlooked since it has a direct implication on the overall performance and image of an organization. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of recruitment and selection criteria on employee retention in the insurance industry in Kenya. The general objective of the study was to assess the influence of recruitment and selection criteria on employee retention. The independent variables under study were the catchment area, job specifications, employment incentives and individual attributes. The dependent variable was employee retention. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population consisted of 392 employees from the insurance industry in Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to select a representative sample population of 194 respondents. The questionnaires attracted a response rate of 61%. The data collected from the questionnaires was analysed using descriptive and infer...
Journal of Business and Strategic Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation P... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.Results: The study found out that employee reward and innovation performance are positively and significant related (r=0.113, p=0.001).Unique Co...
The very low rate on successful implementation of the projects within Non-Governmental Organizati... more The very low rate on successful implementation of the projects within Non-Governmental Organizations [NGOs] which has resulted to noticeable problems of economic waste, loss of the public funds, and end user displeasure motivated this study to investigate the determinants used to ensure successful implementation of donor funded projects in Kenya by focusing on the Pathfinder International project. The specific determinants examined were resource allocation, project planning tools, teamwork and monitoring & evaluation. The study adopted an empirical approach using a quantitative design that ensured accuracy and better understanding of the issues raised about the problem of the study. The sample size of this study was therefore 100 respondents. The choice of population census was because it leads to collection of unbiased data that represents the opinions of all the respondents regarding a characteristic of the population. The study adopted Likert scale close ended questionnaire to co...
Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2017
The study sought to determine the influence of Personal Branding on organizational performance in... more The study sought to determine the influence of Personal Branding on organizational performance in the affluent banking industry. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to determine the effect of image on organizational performance in the affluent banking industry and to determine the effect of career development on organization performance. The study was conducted using descriptive survey design. The target population of this study was the 20 commercial banks with affluent banking . Since the target population was small, the study was a census survey where all the 20 commercial banks with affluent banking were used. The study purposively selected the affluent banking managers, human resource managers and financial managers in each of the 20 commercial banks. The study therefore targeted 60 respondents. The study collected data using questionnaire. The type of questionnaire to be employed was semi-structured to collect both quantitative and qualitative data . Quan...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation P... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya. Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The study found out that employee reward and innovation performance are positively and significant related (r=0.254, p=0.000). Unique...
Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2017
In today’s competitive labor market, a key concern of organizations is the need to achieve high l... more In today’s competitive labor market, a key concern of organizations is the need to achieve high levels of performance through people. Hence, talent management is fast gaining a top priority for organizations across the world. To attract and retain the best talent anywhere in the world, an organization must have a strong and positive employer brand. Talented individuals drive companies forward through their outstanding competence and ability. World Food Programme operations rely on their employees’ ability to effectively respond when emergencies and crisis occurs. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of talent management on World Food Programme (WFP) performance. Specifically, this study sought to establish the influence of talent acquisition on the performance of World Food Programme and to assess the influence of training and development of talented employees on the performance of World Food Programme in Kenya. This study adopted a descriptive survey resea...
International journal of scientific and research publications, 2017
The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between technical training and the p... more The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between technical training and the performance of MSEs in Kisii County. A descriptive survey design was used to carry out the study. The target population was 12,772 owner managers. The sample size was 384 which obtained through simple stratified random sampling where 9 strata were studied. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules and observation checklist. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 computer software. The hypothesis was also tested using the t- test. Results of the Technical training were found to be satisfactory in explaining performance of micro and small enterprises in Kisii County. This was supported by coefficient of determination also known as the R square of 75.7%. This means that independent variable explain 75.7%of the variations in the dependent variable which is performance of micro and small enterprises in Kisii County. The ANOVA resu...
In Kenya many public funded projects fail or are never completed. The performance of projects in ... more In Kenya many public funded projects fail or are never completed. The performance of projects in developing countries is hindered by diverse factors. Indeed, various studies in agile project management have explored diverse success factors in improving the performance of agile project management. The main focus of this study was to establish the influence of agile project management techniques on performance of public funded projects in Kenya. The study specifically focused on the influence organisational strategy, resource mobilization, project team competence and stakeholders’ involvement on the performance of public funded projects in Kenya. The study was guided by resource mobilization theory, competency theory, stakeholder theory and theory of reasoned actions. This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population for this study included project managers at KURA for all for ongoing project in Nairobi County. The target population for the study was a total of 78 ...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of internal communication on Innov... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of internal communication on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya. Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The study found out that internal communication and innovation performance were positively and significantly related (r=0.484,...
The general objective was to evaluate factors influencing completion of Government road infrastru... more The general objective was to evaluate factors influencing completion of Government road infrastructure projects in Kenya, a case of Meru County. The specific objectives were; to determine how project finances and technology influenced completion of infrastructure projects of government. The scope of the study was infrastructure projects in Meru County. The research design adopted was descriptive design. The target population included contractors and construction project managers . A census survey technique method was adopted and sample size was 80 respondents. A closed and open-ended questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used for data analysis. Quantitative data was summarized and analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Qualitative data adopted Content analysis while inferential statistics was applied to identify a mathematical relationship between va...
The Insurance Industry is a growing industry that contributes a lot to the Gross Domestic Product... more The Insurance Industry is a growing industry that contributes a lot to the Gross Domestic Product of Kenya. However, despite the merit that surrounds the insurance companies, the employee turnover in these organizations has been increasing over time a matter that puts the continued performance of the companies at risk. Based on the high cost of training and recruiting new employees, it simply means that the insurance companies are on the losing end as far as employee turnover is considered. It is against this background that the study sought to fill the existing gaps by assessing the influence of leadership styles on employee turnover in insurance companies in Kenya. The scope of the study was Nairobi City County which hosts most of the head offices of the insurance companies. The study adopted the descriptive research design which used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The units of analysis were the 55 licensed insurance companies in Kenya, which have a total population...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of risk management strategies on t... more Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of risk management strategies on the implementation of CDF projects in Starehe constituency, Nairobi County. Methodology: This study adopted descriptive cross sectional survey design. The target population were the 168 CDF project managers at various departmental levels. The population was divided into strata consisting of the departments that is, the procurement department, Human resource management department, finance department and the monitoring department and the sample population was then calculated using the stratified random sampling technique from each respective stratum. A sample of 116 respondents was drawn from the target population of 168 by use of the Fischer’s formula. Semi-structured questionnaires were used in this study in the collection of data. Prior to conducting the actual data collection, the study conducted a pilot test in order to establish the validity and reliability of data collection instrume...
This study attempted to investigate the influence of job design on workplace stress in public uni... more This study attempted to investigate the influence of job design on workplace stress in public universities in Kenya with focus on Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The specific objectives are to: establish the influence of role ambiguity on workplace stress in public universities and examine the influence of role conflict towards workplace stress in public universities. The research employed a descriptive survey design. The target population was the 2,442 employees of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology who included both academic and non-academic staff from which a sample size of 100 respondents was drawn. The data was collected by use of a questionnaire. Data was analyzed descriptively by the aid of computer analysis software known as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The results from the regression analysis revealed that r ole conflict had a positive significant effect on the workplace stress as an increase in confl...
Purpose: This study sought to establish the effect of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) traini... more Purpose: This study sought to establish the effect of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training on occupational accidents on performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study further sought to examine the moderating effect of management support on the relationship between employee training on occupational accidents and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. Methodology: The study was informed by entropy model and human factor theory. The study adopted the descriptive research design which used both quantitative and qualitative approach to determine the relationship between employee training and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the six cement manufacturing firms in Kenya while the unit of observation was five cement manufacturing firms. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain the sample size of 344 respondents drawn from human resource management, production department and marketing department. Findings: T...
Purpose: The important of employee retention cannot be overlooked since it has a direct implicati... more Purpose: The important of employee retention cannot be overlooked since it has a direct implication on the overall performance and image of an organization. The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of recruitment and selection criteria on employee retention in the insurance industry in Kenya. The general objective of the study was to assess the influence of recruitment and selection criteria on employee retention. The independent variables under study were the catchment area, job specifications, employment incentives and individual attributes. The dependent variable was employee retention. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population consisted of 392 employees from the insurance industry in Kenya. Stratified random sampling was used to select a representative sample population of 194 respondents. The questionnaires attracted a response rate of 61%. The data collected from the questionnaires was analysed using descriptive and infer...
Journal of Business and Strategic Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation P... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.Results: The study found out that employee reward and innovation performance are positively and significant related (r=0.113, p=0.001).Unique Co...
The very low rate on successful implementation of the projects within Non-Governmental Organizati... more The very low rate on successful implementation of the projects within Non-Governmental Organizations [NGOs] which has resulted to noticeable problems of economic waste, loss of the public funds, and end user displeasure motivated this study to investigate the determinants used to ensure successful implementation of donor funded projects in Kenya by focusing on the Pathfinder International project. The specific determinants examined were resource allocation, project planning tools, teamwork and monitoring & evaluation. The study adopted an empirical approach using a quantitative design that ensured accuracy and better understanding of the issues raised about the problem of the study. The sample size of this study was therefore 100 respondents. The choice of population census was because it leads to collection of unbiased data that represents the opinions of all the respondents regarding a characteristic of the population. The study adopted Likert scale close ended questionnaire to co...
Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2017
The study sought to determine the influence of Personal Branding on organizational performance in... more The study sought to determine the influence of Personal Branding on organizational performance in the affluent banking industry. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to determine the effect of image on organizational performance in the affluent banking industry and to determine the effect of career development on organization performance. The study was conducted using descriptive survey design. The target population of this study was the 20 commercial banks with affluent banking . Since the target population was small, the study was a census survey where all the 20 commercial banks with affluent banking were used. The study purposively selected the affluent banking managers, human resource managers and financial managers in each of the 20 commercial banks. The study therefore targeted 60 respondents. The study collected data using questionnaire. The type of questionnaire to be employed was semi-structured to collect both quantitative and qualitative data . Quan...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation P... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of employee reward on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya. Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The study found out that employee reward and innovation performance are positively and significant related (r=0.254, p=0.000). Unique...
Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2017
In today’s competitive labor market, a key concern of organizations is the need to achieve high l... more In today’s competitive labor market, a key concern of organizations is the need to achieve high levels of performance through people. Hence, talent management is fast gaining a top priority for organizations across the world. To attract and retain the best talent anywhere in the world, an organization must have a strong and positive employer brand. Talented individuals drive companies forward through their outstanding competence and ability. World Food Programme operations rely on their employees’ ability to effectively respond when emergencies and crisis occurs. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of talent management on World Food Programme (WFP) performance. Specifically, this study sought to establish the influence of talent acquisition on the performance of World Food Programme and to assess the influence of training and development of talented employees on the performance of World Food Programme in Kenya. This study adopted a descriptive survey resea...
International journal of scientific and research publications, 2017
The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between technical training and the p... more The objective of the study was to establish the relationship between technical training and the performance of MSEs in Kisii County. A descriptive survey design was used to carry out the study. The target population was 12,772 owner managers. The sample size was 384 which obtained through simple stratified random sampling where 9 strata were studied. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview schedules and observation checklist. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 computer software. The hypothesis was also tested using the t- test. Results of the Technical training were found to be satisfactory in explaining performance of micro and small enterprises in Kisii County. This was supported by coefficient of determination also known as the R square of 75.7%. This means that independent variable explain 75.7%of the variations in the dependent variable which is performance of micro and small enterprises in Kisii County. The ANOVA resu...
In Kenya many public funded projects fail or are never completed. The performance of projects in ... more In Kenya many public funded projects fail or are never completed. The performance of projects in developing countries is hindered by diverse factors. Indeed, various studies in agile project management have explored diverse success factors in improving the performance of agile project management. The main focus of this study was to establish the influence of agile project management techniques on performance of public funded projects in Kenya. The study specifically focused on the influence organisational strategy, resource mobilization, project team competence and stakeholders’ involvement on the performance of public funded projects in Kenya. The study was guided by resource mobilization theory, competency theory, stakeholder theory and theory of reasoned actions. This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population for this study included project managers at KURA for all for ongoing project in Nairobi County. The target population for the study was a total of 78 ...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of internal communication on Innov... more Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of internal communication on Innovation Performance of DTS in Kenya. Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sampling frame of this study was derived from the database of the SASRA. Multistage sampling was used to select the sample of the study. The population of the study was the 181 DTS’s operating in Kenya while the target population was 18 DTS’s. The respondents were individual management staff. A questionnaire was used to gather primary data. Secondary data was collected through review of published literature such as journals articles, published theses and textbooks. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Results: The study found out that internal communication and innovation performance were positively and significantly related (r=0.484,...
The general objective was to evaluate factors influencing completion of Government road infrastru... more The general objective was to evaluate factors influencing completion of Government road infrastructure projects in Kenya, a case of Meru County. The specific objectives were; to determine how project finances and technology influenced completion of infrastructure projects of government. The scope of the study was infrastructure projects in Meru County. The research design adopted was descriptive design. The target population included contractors and construction project managers . A census survey technique method was adopted and sample size was 80 respondents. A closed and open-ended questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used for data analysis. Quantitative data was summarized and analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Qualitative data adopted Content analysis while inferential statistics was applied to identify a mathematical relationship between va...
The Insurance Industry is a growing industry that contributes a lot to the Gross Domestic Product... more The Insurance Industry is a growing industry that contributes a lot to the Gross Domestic Product of Kenya. However, despite the merit that surrounds the insurance companies, the employee turnover in these organizations has been increasing over time a matter that puts the continued performance of the companies at risk. Based on the high cost of training and recruiting new employees, it simply means that the insurance companies are on the losing end as far as employee turnover is considered. It is against this background that the study sought to fill the existing gaps by assessing the influence of leadership styles on employee turnover in insurance companies in Kenya. The scope of the study was Nairobi City County which hosts most of the head offices of the insurance companies. The study adopted the descriptive research design which used both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The units of analysis were the 55 licensed insurance companies in Kenya, which have a total population...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of risk management strategies on t... more Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of risk management strategies on the implementation of CDF projects in Starehe constituency, Nairobi County. Methodology: This study adopted descriptive cross sectional survey design. The target population were the 168 CDF project managers at various departmental levels. The population was divided into strata consisting of the departments that is, the procurement department, Human resource management department, finance department and the monitoring department and the sample population was then calculated using the stratified random sampling technique from each respective stratum. A sample of 116 respondents was drawn from the target population of 168 by use of the Fischer’s formula. Semi-structured questionnaires were used in this study in the collection of data. Prior to conducting the actual data collection, the study conducted a pilot test in order to establish the validity and reliability of data collection instrume...
This study attempted to investigate the influence of job design on workplace stress in public uni... more This study attempted to investigate the influence of job design on workplace stress in public universities in Kenya with focus on Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The specific objectives are to: establish the influence of role ambiguity on workplace stress in public universities and examine the influence of role conflict towards workplace stress in public universities. The research employed a descriptive survey design. The target population was the 2,442 employees of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology who included both academic and non-academic staff from which a sample size of 100 respondents was drawn. The data was collected by use of a questionnaire. Data was analyzed descriptively by the aid of computer analysis software known as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The results from the regression analysis revealed that r ole conflict had a positive significant effect on the workplace stress as an increase in confl...
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