Abstract: There has been increased poor performance of textile industry in the recent past. This has been largely attributed to non-compliance of safety standards in the textile industry. The work environment consists of various factors which introduce new dimensions to health, causing diseases and injuries which include, work accidents and exposure to hazards. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of safety promotional policies on employee performance in textile manufacturing companies in Kenya. The study population included all the textile manufacturing companies in export processing zone which are 22 under Epz program. This study sampled 400 respondents; selection will be based on cluster random sampling. A cluster of 6 was sampled out of a total of 18 clusters. Individual respondents were sampled using systematic random sampling technique. The first respondent was sampled using simple random sampling then the rest were sampled using the interval of 7. This study adopted a descriptive cross sectional research design. Data was collected using questionnaire and key informants interview. Data was revised, coded for computerized data entry. A statistical technique that was used was Pearson correlation and stepwise analysis. Statistical methods was applied including descriptive statistics (i.e. frequency percent, mean, standard deviation) and tests of significance (Analysis of variance) which was done using the statistical package (SPSS version 22) to ascertain relationship between independent and dependent variable. P-values were considered as statistically significant when less than 0.05. There was a significant positive relationship (r = 0.791, P = 0.0001). Better safety promotional policies in the organization resulted into better performance of the employees in an organization.
Keywords: textile industry, textile manufacturing companies, safety, Work Safety Compliance.
Title: Safety Promotional policies and employee performance in textile manufacturing companies in Kenya
Author: Collins Nyantari Keraka, Dr. Jane Omwenga, Dr. James Kilika
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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