INTERNAL FACTORS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC WATER SECTOR IN KENYA
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The main purpose of this study was to examine how internal factors in the Public Water Sector in Kenya influence implementation of Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (OHSMS). The study specific objectives included: to assess how top management commitment influence implementation of OHSMS in Public Water Sector in Kenya, to establish how implementation of OHSMS is influenced by employees’ competence in Public Water Sector in Kenya, to evaluate how implementation of OHSMS is influenced by Occupational Health & Safety Framework and to assess the influence of Technology on implementation of OHSMS in Public Water Sector in Kenya. The study targeted a population 160 staff working at Public Water Sector in Kenya and embraced descriptive research design. Sampling method was applied in the study and the main data collection instruments was a questionnaire with both open-ended and close-ended questions. This tool for research had both the nominal and the Likert-type scale on the quantitative variables section. To test questionnaires reliability and validitya Pilot study was undertaken. Descriptive statistics and data analysis method was applied to analyze data with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software to compute results of the responses in form of frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Lastly, Multiple Linear Regression model was applied to find out the significance of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The results were presented in form of tables and charts. It was established that top management commitment, employee competency, Occupational Health & Safety framework and technology have signficant influence on OHSMS implementation in Public Water Sector in Kenya. The study recommended that top management should prioritise on provision of sources for OHSMS implementation, train workers and allocate work based on employee competency. Further, organizations in Public water sector should develop OHS policy, set up OHS commitees to handle safety issue and embrace latest technology in management of OHSMS implementation.
Keywords: Top Management, Employees’ Competence, Occupational Health & Safety Framework, Technology, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
CITATION: Kimaiyo, R. E., & Wabala, S. (2020). Internal factors and implementation of occupational health and safety management systems in public water sector in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(4), 31 – 49.
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