| dc.description.abstract | For many developing countries that include Kenya, the public enterprise is the major vehicle for economic development with responsibilities for the effective management of infrastructure activities. Lackluster performances of these entities lead to the adoption of performance contracting as a means of performance management. Performance Management is a key processes that, when effectively carried out.ehelps employees know that their contributions are recognized and acknowledged. This descriptive study set out to determine the relationship between employee demographic characteristics and employee attitude towards implementation of performance contracts in Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute in Kenya. The population of interest was all employees of the agency. A sample of 125 employees was considered adequate for the study and primary data was collected by use of a questionnaire.
Based on the study findings, employee age, employee personality, parentage and marital status are the demographic characteristics positively correlated to employee attitude towards performance contracting. Employee gender notably has no relationship with the attitude towards performance contracting but the levels of education negatively correlate to the attitude towards performance contracting. It is therefore concluded that for the success of the performance contracting process, employee demographic characteristics should be considered as a way of creation of ownership of the performance contract. There is also need to allocate adequate resources to achieve the set tarlSet which should also not be abstract or general. | en_US |
