Influence of Organizational Politics on Lecturers’ Job Performance in Public Universities in Kenya: a Case of the University of Nairobi
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Date
2023Author
Kebenei, Pauline J.
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Higher education is a major contributor to high skills development necessary
in the economic development of all nations. However, a variety of factors,
including organizational politics, have an impact on how well this important
role is performed, for example, at public universities. This thesis examined the
impact of organizational politics on the work performance of lecturers in
Kenya's public universities, using the University of Nairobi as a case study.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate how organizational politics affected
public university lecturers' job performance in the areas of workforce
diversity, performance appraisal, promotion, organizational climate, and
resource allocation. The Organizational Justice Theory and the Organizational
Politics Model are the theoretical foundations upon which this study was
anchored. In this study, a descriptive survey design was used. Purposive,
stratified proportionate sampling and simple random sampling techniques
were used to sample 11 deans of faculties, 19 chairs of the departments, 100
lecturers and 100 post graduate students 100 lecturers, Questionnaires,
interview guides, and document analysis guides served as the data collection
tools. The content validity of the instruments was determined by expert
judgement and pretesting instruments while Cronbach alpha method was used
to establish reliability; Lecturers’ questionnaire was 0.812 and HoD
Questionnaire 0.845. Descriptive statistical analysis and Chi-Square (χ²) test
were used to analyze quantitative data which was presented in tables. The
study established that organizational politics in: promotion process,
performance appraisal process, organizational climate, workforce diversity
and resource allocation had significant influence on lecturer’ job performance.
The study recommends that the governing Council to enhance fairness in the
promotion process; adherence to established policies on provision of feedback
in performance appraisal process and utilization of appraisal results so as to
improve lecturers’ performance; Council and CUE to regularly review the
performance appraisal tool; and provide adequate resources to enhance
working environment for effective lecturer performance.
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University of Nairobi
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