Work Environment on Staff Performance in Mandela Town Council, Kenya
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Date
2010-11
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Kampala International University, masters of business administration
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between
work environment and staff performance in Nandera town council, Kenya.
The study targeted the employees of Mandera town council and the civic
leaders of Mandera town council.
The specific objectives of the study were to examine how physical
environmental factors are adversely affecting staff and civic leaders
performance, determine how the non physical work environment factors
affects the performance of the staff and civic leaders and establish the
relationship between work environment and staff and civic leaders
performance in Mandera Town Council in Kenya.
Questionnaires and focus group discussion were applied to collect data
from the respondents selected purposively from all the five sectors. The
findings of the study indicated that physical work environments like
inadequate office space, inadequate working tools and requirements, high
intensity of sun’s scourge and lighting system and non physical environments
like low Education level, biased promotions and staff recruitment, lack of
health insurance scheme, and poor staff motivation adversely affected the
performance of the staff
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A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Business Administration
Keywords
Work Environment on Staff Performance, Mandela Town Council