INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON STRATEGIC SOURCING PRACTICES ADOPTIONS IN DEVOLVED SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE IN KENYA
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The study findings revealed that the effect of ICT infrastructure (technology) in sourcing enhanced procurement performance in County Governments: A case of Kirinyaga County to a large extent. The results of the study showed that electronic sourcing and enhanced procurement performance had a positive and significant relationship. This finding implied that an effective electronic sourcing leads to improvement in enhanced procurement performance in County Governments: A case of Kirinyaga County. A self-designed questionnaire was structured for the study which included closed-ended and open ended questions. Descriptive statistics was used and statistical output was generated using SPSS version 22. Inferential statistics was also used to infer correlation analysis as well as linear regression. The results indicated that infrastructure technology and procurement performance had R of 0.440 and p-value of 0.000 at 95% confidence levels.
Keywords: Procurement, Management, ICT Infrastructure, Procurement Performance, Kirinyaga County
CITATION: Mbicho, P. M., & Omwenga, J. Q. (2022). Influence of technological infrastructure on strategic sourcing practices adoptions in devolved system of governance in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (1), 914 – 922.
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