| dc.description.abstract | The study involves the management of employee transition from active sports career
to mainstream work activities in Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB). The
objective of the study is to determine how Kenya Commercial Bank manages
employees transition from active sports to mainstream work activities of the bank.
The research designed used in the study is descriptive survey since the unit of analysis
was one organization with two different subjects. The population of study was 78
respondents, this sample comprised of all the employees on transition and the relevant
managers. Semi structured questionnaires and interview guide was used to collect
primary data from the employees on transition and the managers respectively. Content
analysis and descriptive statics were used to analyze both the qualitative and
quantitative data respectively.
The study found out that majority of the employees on transition have either high
school level of education or post-secondary school certificates. This is why the
sportspeople are placed as subordinates and clerical staff mainly because they do not
have the minimal academic qualifications required by the bank, though the bank is
helping them financially to further their studies. The employees on transition get
frustrated in terms of managing the salary they get since they were used to getting
additional allowances in terms of their sporting activities, when they were active in
sports. Majority of the sportspeople accept the offer by the bank to join the
mainstream work considering the fact that there is acute shortage of jobs in Kenya.
Redeployment is done after training and identification of personal strengths and
weaknesses. The transition is beset with many challenges that can only be surmounted
with concerted effort from both parties. The study concludes that though slow, the
employees eventually tend to catch up in the mainstream work activities of the bank.
The study recommends that Kenya Commercial Bank needs to develop a detailed
conceptualization of what is effective in assisting these sportspeople more smoothly
and quickly through the transition process. | |
