Work-Centered Life and Employee Performance at Geothermal Development Company in Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Amoro, Ebbysibah
Makhamara, Felistus
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Publisher
Open Access Publishing Group
Abstract
Work-life balance entails to the working arrangements that ensure an employee's
personal and professional duties are balanced. Poor work-life balance is a key risk that
jeopardizes employee well-being, performance, and organizational effectiveness. Most
employees find it difficult to strike a balance between their personal lives and their work
obligations. Work-life balance is linked to the stability between the time and effort
employees devote to work and also attend personal responsibilities to maintain an overall
sense of synchronization in life. State corporations such as Geothermal Development
Company are currently operating in an extremely competitive environment. This
demand for more responsiveness and efficiency of employees that is brought about by
Work-life balance as adopted in private organizations. The main objective of this study
was to investigate the influence of work-centred life and employee performance at
Geothermal Development Company. The anchor theory of the study was Spill-over
Theory that was reinforced by Compensation Theory. The study adopted a descriptive
research design. Data was collected using structured questionnaires from the senior
management, middle management, and lower-level support staffs of Geothermal
Development Company. The target population of the study was 341 and the study’s
sample size was 102. The study used stratified random sampling. The researcher
conducted a pilot study using 10% of the respondents before the questionnaires were
distributed for data collection. Pre-testing and expert opinion were used to examine the
instrument's validity. The instrument's dependability was tested using the Cronbach’s
alpha reliability test. The qualitative data was analyzed with the aid of SPSS version 26.0. Inferential statistics (correlations and regression analysis) was used by the researcher to
show the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Pearson
correlation helped in envisaging and defining the relationship between the variables.
Data was presented on tables and figures. Pearson correlation helped in envisaging and
defining the relationship between the variables. The study established that work-centred
life had a significant influence on employee performance. The study concluded that
work-centered life had significant influence on employee performance. The researcher
recommends that the management of GDC should enhance their policies on workcentred life by formulation and implementation of modern policies, and this should be
cascaded down to departmental level. The Human Resource department at GDC should
reconsider its policies on flexi working arrangements, organization wellness
programmes, job sharing as well as employee health as way of motivating employees to
improve their performance.
Description
A research article published in European Journal Of Human Resource Management Studies
Keywords
Work–centred life, Employee performance, Geothermal Development Corporation
Citation
Ebbysibah, A., & Felistus, M. (2021). WORK-CENTERED LIFE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA. European Journal of Human Resource Management Studies, 5(3). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejhrms.v5i3.1146