INFLUENCE OF WORKERS’-ENVIRONMENT ON EQUITY IN HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IN KENYA’S PUBLIC SECTOR. THE MODERATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATION CLIMATE
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This study sought to determine influence of workers’-environment being a dimension of perceived organizational politics (POP) on equity in human resources practices in Kenya’s Public Sector and, the moderating role Organization Climate (OC) on the relationship between workers’-environment and equity in human resource practices in Kenyan public sector. The study involved 384 respondents drawn from Kenya’s public sector and, developed a model which was empirically tested. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire which was analyzed using multiple approaches involving; Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The findings were as follows; workers’-environment had negative influence on equity in human equity in human resource practices and all its dimensions namely, procedural justice, distributive justice and interactional justice; Organization Climate did not moderate the relationship between Perceived organization politics and equity in human resource practices. Based on these findings, the study recommended among others; team work, re-engineering of HR systems and procedures, adoption of high performance work practices and recruitment of ‘politically’ low employees.
Key Words: Workers’-environment; Equity in Human Resource Practices; Organization Climate
CITATION: Morara, G., Gachunga, H., Odhiambo, R., & Muchiri, R. (2019). Influence of workers’-environment on equity in human resource practices in Kenya’s public sector. The moderating role of organization climate. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (1), 257 – 269.
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