CORPORATE CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK

Abstract

various restructuring processes such as “moving from good to great” positioning strategy rebranding tactic, value concerns and behavior reassessment. These restructuring strategies are meant to place the financial institution as the market leader in the banking industry not only in Kenya but also yarning to become a Pan African Bank. Indeed, the bank has demonstrated strength in branch network accounting for 359 branches, an asset base of Ksh 1.1 trillion as at 2021 financial results as well as significant market share command of 22.5muillion customers. However, the human effort applied in explaining the milestone achievements cannot go unnoticed especially the corporate culture of the bank employees operationalized along involvement culture, consistency, adoptability and mission cultures. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to interrogate the implication of corporate culture on the performance of Kenya Commercial Bank. The paper employed qualitative and quantitative research design. Qualitative data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics such as total score, percentages, and frequencies. Quantitative data was analyzed by use of Pearson Correlation and regression analysis. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaire and interview guide targeting senior management and workers representatives. Data was analyzed using Pearson regression and Correlation analysis. The finding was that corporate culture, had positive and significant effect on the of Kenya Commercial bank performance. There were positive and significant correlations between performance and involvement culture (r=0.584, p