Organizational Politics and Employee Productivity in Nakuru County, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Kimathi, Linah Kathure | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-17T08:54:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-17T08:54:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-11 | |
| dc.description | Research Project Submitted to the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration Degree of Kenyatta University, November 2024. Supervisor Felix Kiruthu | |
| dc.description.abstract | Organizational politics can foster or be of detriment to organizations as it can improve or hamper employee productivity. Too much politics in an organization can lead to employees deviating from organizations goals. In Kenya, employee productivity has been on the decline. Moreover, there are reports that evidence that low employee productivity leads to organizational conflicts. Few studies have been done in Kenya to examine this matter. Empirical reviews indicate that it is not clear how organizational politics affects productivity. This study sought to reveal if organizational politics had any effect on employee productivity of county government employees in Nakuru. The specific objectives of this study were: to establish the effect of factionalism; office politics and sectionalism on productivity of county government employees in Nakuru, Kenya. The study employed descriptive research design. This study was anchored on stakeholders’ theory, social capital theory and motivational –Hygiene Theory. The target population for this study was 167 participants comprising of 147 senior employees at the Nakuru Country government and 20 clients seeking services in various departments at the Nakuru County Government head offices. A census of all the senior employees identified in the target population was done. First hand data was collected through oral interviews by use of an interview guide and by use of a semi-structured questionnaire. The tool for data collection was examined for reliability and content validity where it was found to be fit to source data. Ethical considerations that were observed included adherence to confidentiality and protection of identity of participants. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis while quantitative data used descriptive statistics. The outputs from the analysis of data were illustrated on tables, figures and in thematic content narrations. The study found out that organizational politics was rampant in government departments that were visited. The research findings indicated that factionalism and office politics decreased employee productivity as it destroyed harmony and spirit of team work. On the other hand, sectionalism had both positive and negative effects. The study recommends that government institutions need to adopt robust organizational culture and structures that reduce negative effects of organizational politics. These recommendations were captured as practice recommendations for instance peaceful work environment, employees given opportunities in decision making process and policy recommendations for case in point coming up with policies that support inclusivity. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/29795 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | Organizational Politics and Employee Productivity in Nakuru County, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |