Abstract: Risk management practices are the processes of identifying, understanding and determining the potential unsatisfactory outcomes likely to affect a project. Risk management practices positively influences project performance by instrumental effects through creation of a contingency plan or by influencing project time, budget or design plan. The main aim of this study was to investigate the effect of risk management practices on road construction projects performance in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the effect of risk identification and risk analysis on project performance. The instrument of data collection were structured questionnaires. The target population consisted of 80 project managers, road engineers, project managers, road supervisors, road inspectors, road surveyors and contractors in Kakamega County. The unit of analysis were ongoing and completed road projects implemented by Kakamega county government. Simple random sampling used to select 80 of whom 70 respondents returned the questionnaires representing 87% respondents. The findings showed that risk identification has a positive and significant effect on risk management practices in road construction projects. Risk analysis has positive and significant effect on the risk management practices in road construction projects. There were gaps that were identified that would result in the curtailing of these positives. Issues related to the involvement of the project team during risk identification stage were brought up. In conclusion, risk identification and risk analysis factors affect risk management practices on performance of road construction project
Keywords: Project Risk, Risk management practices, Risk identification, Risk analysis, Uncertainty.
Title: Effect of Risk Identification and Risk Analysis on Performance of Road Construction Projects in Kenya: A Case Study of Kakamega County
Author: Otaalo Gregory, Muchelule Yusuf, Karen Asinza
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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