dc.description.abstract | Successful companies recognize that improved career growth will maintain and boost their
competitiveness. For all workers, promotion in one’s career is a necessary phase. Each
employee of every company hopes to advance quickly in their careers because this allows
them the opportunity to develop and motivates them to participate. The objective of this
study was to establish the influence of career progression guidelines on employee
performance in the Kenyan civil service: a case of State Department for Livestock. The
study was anchored on the trait and factor theory and Vroom’s (1964) expectancy theory.
This study was designed as a descriptive survey. In order to show a correct profile of
people and situational events, a descriptive survey research design was used. The target
population of this study was 531 employees of the State Department for Livestock. As the
primary data collection tool, the researcher used a questionnaire. Drop-and-pick method
was administered as it is cheap and allows respondents to complete the tool conveniently.
The data collected was analyzed by quantitative methods of data analysis. The
questionnaire data was encoded and logged onto the computer with the Statistical Social
Science Package (SPSS version 25.0). So as to perform simple descriptive analyzes to
obtain reports about data status, this involved code for open and closed data items. The
analysis involved the use of descriptive statistical tools which included mean, standard
deviation, frequencies and percentages. Simple linear regression analysis was conducted to
establish the career progression guidelines influence on performance of employees. The
study established that the educational level of an officer determines their entry grade in the
career progression guideline. The study showed that proactive workers are much more
likely to develop their careers because proactivity is considered to be a sign of leadership
abilities. The study concluded that career progression guidelines (educational and
professional experiences, personality of employees, job performance and evaluation of
supervisor and recruitment and selection criteria) significantly influences employee
performance in the State Department for Livestock. The study recommends that
management staff at State Department for Livestock need to ensure that their employees
have the required educational and professional experiences. The study recommends that
State Department for Livestock encourage their employees to enroll in short courses
offered by government or private institutions to enhance their education. The study
recommends that there should be frequent evaluation of the performance of employees. | en_US |