Abstract: Kenya aspires to attain sustained and high growth in economy in line with employment by the government, creating wealth and reducing poverty to conform to 2030 vision. To achieve this, the public sector which is the biggest employer must monitor the performance of its employees. The main objective of the study was to establish the influence of financial rewards on Employee Performance in the State Corporations in Kenya. The study was guided by three theories which include; Abraham Maslow’s, Hertzberg’s, Vrooms’ expectancy, scientific management, Adams Equity Reinforcement and goal setting theories. The study used descriptive and explanatory research designs and targeted 6 respondents from the 107 sampled state corporations totaling to 642. The study undertook a pilot study to pretest and validates the questionnaire. The probability and non-probability sampling was adopted and the study used stratified sampling and purposive sampling. The findings showed that non-financial rewards are a strong predictor of employee performance. The study recommends that state corporations in Kenya needs to establish a reward management policy/system and involve employees in determining acceptable and affordable non-financial rewards based on achievement of performance targets and the organization’s ability to pay or provide for these rewards.
Keywords: Reward Management Practices, Non-Financial Rewards, Employee Performance, State Corporations.
Title: INFLUENCE OF NON-FINANCIAL REWARDS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA
Author: Regina Wairimu Kamwenji, Dr. Patrick Karanja Ngugi, Dr. Mary Kamaara
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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