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 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 worker’s knowledge of safety standards on employees performance in textile manufacturing companies in selected counties 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 based on random sampling. Individual respondents were sampled using systematic random sampling technique. The first respondent was sampled using simple random sampling then the rest were sampled using an 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. Statistical techniques that was used was Pearson correlation and stepwise analysis. Statistical methods applied include descriptive statistics (i.e. frequency percent, mean, and standard deviation) and tests of significance (Analysis of variance) which was done using the statistical package for Social Science (SPSS version 22.0) to ascertain relationship between independent and dependent variable. P-values were considered as statistically significant when less than 0.05. The relationship between workers’ knowledge of safety standards and employee performance carried out using Pearson moment correlation showed that there was a significant positive relationship (r = 0.823, P = 0.0001). High level of knowledge of the workers on safety standards resulted into better performance of the employees in an organization.
Keywords: Employee performance, safety compliance, safety standards, textile industry.
Title: WORK SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN TEXTILE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN KENYA
Author: Keraka Collins Nyantari, Dr. Omwenga J., Dr. Kilika J.M
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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