Ergonomic Practices and Worker Effectiveness in China Road and Bridge Corporation Kenya Limited, Nairobi City County
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Date
2023
Authors
Ong’uti, Enock Abuga
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Kenyatta university
Abstract
The construction sector is a commercially key sector in every nation. However,
construction employees are exposed to several risks. Weak safety and health
precautions have a significant detrimental impact on workforce productivity on
construction sites. The study aimed at probing the effect of ergonomic practices on
worker effectiveness in the construction section in Kenya’s economy. The research
specifically determined the effect of safety communication, safety tutorials, safety
measure and safety resources on worker effectiveness. The study was anchored on
behaviour engineering model, compensating wage differentials and health belief
model theories. The study adopted descriptive research approach and the population
targeted was 400 employees of China Road and Bridge Corporation Kenya Limited
which included top management, middle level manager and casual labourer’s
respondents that were selected proportionately from various cadres. Stratified
proportionate random sampling techniques was applied to highlight the respondents.
The study sampled a total of200 respondents where Top management (20), Middle
management (40), and Casual laborers (140) were sampled. Questionnaires were
used as a data collecting tools which constituted open-ended and closed-ended
questions were used to identify research questions. Both qualitative and quantitative
data was collected which was subjected to thorough pilot test to do away with errors.
Content validity was used to check the internal consistency of research instruments.
While Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.7 was used to test the accuracy of research
tools. Descriptive was used to measure of central tendency while inferential statistics
used multiple regression to determine link between the dependent and the
independent variables. Date was presented in the form of means, percentages,
frequencies and standard deviations where tables and charts were utelized. The
coefficient of determination indicated that safety tutorials and safety precaution had
a positive effect on the level of worker effectiveness while safety communication
and safety resources had a negative effect. Nonetheless, the four variables have a
combined positive effect on the level of worker effectiveness at the at the China
Road and Bridge Corporation Kenya Limited. The study recommends that effective
safety communication system should be implemented to help reduce accidents and
injuries in the workplace. Also, the study highly recommends the use of tutorials to
improve worker effectiveness. Further, the study recommends implementing safety
precautions in the workplace as they have been proven to increase worker
effectiveness. Finally, the study recommends that CRBC should re-evaluate its
investment in safety resources to ensure that they are being translated into safe and
effective employee environment to prevent waste of resources.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of
Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of
Master of Business Administration of Kenyatta
University
Keywords
Ergonomic Practices, China Road and Bridge Corporation Kenya Limited, Nairobi City County