Effect of Employee Involvement on Job Performance at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Center for Global Health Research) Kisumu
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Date
2016Author
Ambani, Mildred K
Type
ThesisLanguage
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The highly competitive environment needs a different approach to manage employees
and various studies have shown that employee involvement is a critical component of
human resources management. The level of employee involvement in their job is a
measure of the success of individual performance on their jobs and overall organization
performance. This research investigated the correlation between employee involvement
and job performance to the organization. The objective of the study was to determine the
effect of employee involvement and job performance at the Kenya Medical Research
Institute (Centre for Global Health Research) in Kisumu. The study adopted a descriptive
study survey as the research design. The population for the study included all the
employees of Kenya Medical Research Institute (Centre for Global Health Research) in
Kisumu who were 867 in total. The study used a scientific formula by fisher et al. to
select the sample after which simple random sampling was used to select 174 respondents
from the organization. The main primary data collection instrument of this study was
structured questionnaires. Data obtained was analyzed using descriptive analysis
approach for the general information. The data was presented using tables and
measurement for the test variables was done using regression analysis to determine the
effect of employee involvement on job performance. The study established that the
employees of KEMRI (CGHR) had well defined goals and objectives and that the
employees understood how their individual performance contributed to the overall
organisation goals. The study revealed that supervisors kept employees updated about the
future direction of the organisation. Representative participation was also found by the
study to be an important means to involve employees for efficient job performance. The
study also evidenced that teams at KEMRI participate in deciding how the work gets
done however teams are not given control and autonomy to perform their functions. Thus
it can be concluded that enabling employees participate and be involved in matters that
affect their jobs increases job performance and overall organizational performance. The study
recommended that managers within the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Centre for Global
Health Research) in Kisumu involve employees more in setting goals, hold employee
accountable for their activities and that managers should allow employees be innovative
and creative to enable enhancement of processes and productivity in the organization.
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University of Nairobi
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