Employees’ job satisfaction is an old concept in industrial relations and is influenced by a number of factors. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 devolved some of the government functions to the County Governments. Employees working in the following devolved functions; Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public works and roads among others were deployed to the County Government. The deployment to the counties had adverse effects among employees a...
ABSTRACT A proper electoral system reflects the true voice of the people in a nation and thus, a better government which respect and uphold the ideals of constitutionalism. The advancement of information and communication technologies allow for a fully automated online computerized electoral process. In addition to overcoming commonly encountered election pitfalls, electoral vote counts are done in real time that by the end of elections day, the results are automatically out. (Njogu, 2014). ...
ABSTRACT Work-life balance is gaining increasing importance and considered to be the most important challenge encountered in the field of Human Resource Management. Advancement in technology, increase in the complexity of work, change in the values and attitudes of the young and energetic work-force are some of the factors that compel organizations to address the worklife balance issue. The general objective of this study was to assess the effect of work-life balance programs on job satisfac...
ABSTRACT The situation of insecurity in Kenya has triggered this research in unravelling how police officers are faced with various challenges while fulfilling their work and family roles. A considerable number of police officers experience work overload, burn out, and are often posted to work in areas, sometimes highly dangerous locations thus leading to stress resulting from work/family conflict. This has been prompted by lack of balance between the pressures of their profession and family...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effects of outsourcing on labour productivity at Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company. A sample of 6 participants from SZCC management and 3 managers from outsourced labour companies was selected using judgmental sampling technique. Quota sampling technique was used to select 23 non managerial participants from SZCC employees and 15 participants from outsourced labour. Outsourcing was done to reduce costs and to access technical skills. It reduced level of commitme...
ABSTRACT Whereasfirms have retention strategies, the turnover rates keep escalating and the failure to keep or retain knowledge workers may undermine the competitive capability, intellectual capital, culturalfabric, image building and institutional memory of such firms and thus the need for this study.The purpose of this study was to establish the effectiveness of practices used by sugar industriesin retention of knowledge workers as a way of building their competitive advantage. Thespecific ...
ABSTRACT A study was carried out to determine the factors affecting sheep and goat milk consumption in arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya. Specifically the study sought to assess sheep and goat milk production, assess sheep and goat milk consumption, and identify sheep and goat management practices for optimal milk production in Kyawango and Kibauni Locations of Mwala Sub County of Machakos County. Data was collected from a sample of 120 respondents using questionnaires and observations and wa...
ABSTRACT Change is what brings forth new ideas, solutions and growth. It’s about breaking free from our circle of comfort in order to start seeing alternative routes offered to our organizations to progress in the right direction. It’s about embracing business transformation, making an organisation more agile, ready to adapt, and taking advantage of the latest innovations to boost competitiveness. County governments in Kenya have become a point interest especially in service delivery at t...
ABSTRACT Despite the efforts of the medical society and health staff alongside the advancements in medical technologies, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints remain a norm rather than an exception in Kenya today. Effective training programs create desired knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities of the employees to perform well on the job and impact employee motivation and commitment. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of in-service training and service delivery in pub...
ABSTRACT Public Universities are currently facing challenges in retaining talent. This has been crucial to the changing prospects and potentials of knowledge formation and learning. Organizations loose key talent for many reasons; lack of job satisfaction, poor reward systems and management, poor organizational policies, lack of opportunities for growth, training and development, lack of work life balance with regard to work life conflicts and poor working conditions. Retention of employees h...
ABSTRACT In order for organizations to compete favorably in the current global economy, they need to invest heavily in employee retention practices. Former Western Province Counties in Kenya have been experiencing acute employees shortage due to their inability to attract and retain qualified personnel. This has resulted to poor county government performance resulting to; delays in projects initiation and completion, missing revenue collection targets, and poor service delivery to the citizen...
ABSTRACT A lot of research has been done on employee job satisfaction all over the world by different researchers and scholars. Less research has been conducted on the various factors affecting job satisfaction of health sector employees, with a case study on Narok County Referral Hospital. Therefore, the understanding of these factors are clearly defined and explained, in order to help the hospital administrators to improve performance and satisfaction. The factors have been categorized into...
ABSTRACT Intrinsic motivation occurs when people engage in an activity such as a hobby without external incentives. Social and educational psychologists have studied this form of motivation since the early 1970’s. Research has found that it is usually associated with high achievement and enjoyment by employees. Research has shown that increased workforce motivation contributes to increased productivity and innovation, creative problem solving, reduced turnover and decreased absenteeism. How...
ABSTRACT Worldwide older persons are regarded as vulnerable group, hence are in dire need of government attention. Various efforts by various successive regimes in the country to address the needs of older members of the society have proved abortive. NSSF was established to provide basic financial security benefits to Kenyans upon retirement. With increase in private pension providers, there is need for efficiency in service provision and need for adoption of technology in running the activit...
ABSTRACT Human resource audit (HRA) is responsible for identifying human resource problems that affect the human resource functions of an organization and improve organizational performance. Effectiveness of a HRA in the public sector needs to be investigated because the audits are always done but there is still evidence of underperformance, strikes and complaints in most sectors. Human resource audit is an annual and costly activity carried out in forty seven counties in Kenya and its effect...