Knowledge Management Practices and Employee Performance of Sireet Out growers Empowerment and Producer Company Limited in Nandi County, Kenya
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2023
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The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management
Abstract
This study examined the influence of practices of knowledge management on employee performance at Sireet
Outgrowers Empowerment and Producer Company Limited in Nandi County. The specific objectives included
knowledge sharing, knowledge culture, knowledge IT tools and knowledge creation. The theory anchoring the
study included knowledge based view and supported by the resource-based view theory. The study took an
explanatory and cross-sectional survey designs. Census survey of all 60 employees formed the sample size and
was involved in answering the structured questionnaire. A pilot test was done using 6 respondents who checked
for validity and reliability of the research instrument. The researcher collected the data and conducted analysis
that included descriptive, correlation and regression. The findings were presented in tables and prose form for
deliberations. The study found that knowledge management practices of knowledge sharing, knowledge
culture, knowledge IT tools and knowledge creation influenced the performance of employees at the of Sireet
Outgrowers Empowerment & Producer Company Limited in Nandi County. Knowledge IT tools had the largest
influence on employee performance, followed by knowledge creation, knowledge culture and knowledge
sharing. The study concluded that knowledge management practices had positive and significant influence on
employee performance. The study recommends that the management of Sireet Company in Nandi County to
embrace knowledge management practices as it seeks to improve performance of its employees. The
management should invest in training programs for creation and sharing of information, develop firm
structures and practices that create, share and utilize knowledge for improvement in performance of
employees. Other organizations seeking to improve performance of its employees in embrace practices under
knowledge management. This can be done through formal and informal trainings, investing in technological
systems and tools, embrace cultures and practices for creating, sharing and using knowledge
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