Abstract: Non-financial organizations face the challenge of attracting enough donor funding and as such are unable to undertake their activities, programmes and projects efficiently. This implies that they face the problem of performance. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of board of directors’ characteristics on performance of the aforementioned organizations. The stakeholder theory guided the study. A descriptive research design was adopted. The study population comprised of the 106 accounting and management staff working with registered NGOs in Uasin Gishu County. A census approach was used. A structured and self-designed research questionnaire was used. A pilot study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the research questionnaire. The data collected were subjected to both descriptive and inferential analyses with the facilitation of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 24. The results of the analyses were presented in form of tables. The study results indicated that characteristics of board of directors influenced the performance of these organizations. The study concluded that board of directors’ characteristics were very crucial in influencing performance of NGOs. The study recommended that the management of NGOs should ensure that the board of directors’ characteristics are upheld and improved in order to ensure that their performance is sustained.
Keywords: Corporate governance practices, board of directors’ characteristics, Non-governmental organizations, Organizational performance, Uasin Gishu County.
Title: EFFECT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ CHARACTERISTICS PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Komen Irene Jebor, Buluma Fred, Margaret Waruguru
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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