Abstract: Many corporate organizations offer employee welfare services such as employee economic support in different forms as a way of either motivating their employees or improving their productivity. However, little information is known about such services by all the stakeholders in NGOs. The primary purpose of this study was to focus on the relationship between employee economic support and performance in non-governmental organizations in Kenya. The specific objective of the study were: explore the relationship of employee economic support on performance in NGOs in Kenya. The study is likely to aid the NGOs management boards, policy makers in government, human resource professionals and scholars and researchers in policy formulation for employee welfare practices in order to improve performance in NGOs in Kenya. The study employed both correlational and descriptive survey designs. The fundamental model shaping this study was the linear regression model. The target population of the study was 14,283 employees in NGOs in Kenya. The sample size of the study was 372 respondents comprising junior management at 242, middle management at 97 and top management staffs at 33 chosen by simple random stratified sampling technique. Primary data was collected using both questionnaires and interviews. The data was analysed using the Statistical packages for social sciences (version 23). The main findings of the study indicated that employee economic support influenced performance of NGOs in Kenya. The study also found that 37.2% of performance in NGOs in Kenya was explained by the variable under study. Finally, the study also contributed to theory and knowledge for humanity. However, the study found that the most significant factor influencing performance of the NGOs in Kenya was employee social support with P- Value at 0.439, followed by employee economic support with P- Value at 0.372, recreation facilities with P- Value at 0.358 and lastly employee counselling with P- Value at 0.208. The study had limitations, that is, the respondents were not consistent and the sample size of the study was limited in scope. The study concluded that employee economic support had a significant positive relationship with performance of NGOs in Kenya and recommended that a policy on other employee economic support such as subsidized loans from banks, mortgages and other financial facilities for employee personal development be considered and adopted by NGO management boards. This is likely to motivate employees to work better and with determination to enhance performance of NGOs in Kenya.
Keywords: Employee Economic support and performance.
Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE ECONOMIC SUPPORT AND PERFOMANCE OF NGOs IN KENYA
Author: Protus Atsali Lumiti, Dr. Susan Wekesa, Dr. Mary Omondi, Prof. George Otieno Orwa, Dr. Michael Mboya Muma, Prof. Robert Mabele, Dr. Alex Ochumbo, Muo Charles
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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