EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE TAKING CHARGE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SACCOS IN KENYA
Abstract
Taking Charge is voluntary and positive effort by individual employees to influence or impact on organizational functions in relation to how work assignments carried out by employees. Kenya’s Sacco Sector has for years made positive strides as far as population empowerment and economic growth is concerned. Research on Taking Charge has over years enhanced the understanding of Proactivity by addressing initiative- based actions that set out to shape organizational processes and procedures. This study sought to establish the effect of employees taking charge at the place of work on the overall performance of Kenya’s Sacco Sector. The study used descriptive research design for the analysis since it was deemed suitable. The study majorly focused on the supervisors and middle cadre employees in the Sacco Sector as the target population while conducting this study. The study sample was derived from Kenya Sacco Sector population while instruments used to collect data were tested for reliability and validity prior to the collection of data. The sample size used in the study was 300 employees in Kenya’s Sacco Sector. The analysis of the study was done using SPSS-AMOS software version 21 while the model adopted for the analysis was Structural Equation Modeling. The study’s findings and recommendations included; The Kenyan Sacco Sector should enhance an enabling environment for employees to engage in initiative based actions that can help improve their performance. Employees in the sector should be supported by their supervisors or line managers to motivate them towards better performance by Taking Charge at work.
Key Words: Taking Charge, Perceived Supervisor Support, Organizational Performance
CITATION: Wabala, S. W., Gachunga, H., Odhiambo, R., & Muchiri, R. (2019). Effect of employee taking charge on the performance of Saccos in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (1), 278 – 285.
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