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| dc.contributor.author | Andai, Stephen Oluteyo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-05T08:34:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-05T08:34:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1712 | |
| dc.description | AThesis Submittedin PartialFulfillment forThe Degree ofDoctor of Philosophyin Human Resource Management in JomoKenyatta Universityof AgricultureandTechnology 2015 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Themainpurposeofthisstudywastotesttherelationshipbetweenlabourpractices andfirmproductivityintheexportprocessingzonesinKenya.Specifically,thestudy investigatedrelationshipbetweenlabourcontract,labourrelations,labour managementandlaboursatisfactionpracticesandfirmproductivitywhichisobtained byadditionalunitoflabour.Asurveyresearchdesignwasusedtogetbothprimary andsecondarydatainMombasaExportProcessingZoneinKenya.Structured questionnairesandoralinterviewswereadministeredtotherespondentsaccordingly toprovidedataonfirmproductivity.Ananalyticalresearchmethodologywasalso usedtoanalyzesecondarydatawhileanexpostfactoresearchdesignusedtoreport thingsastheyare.Amixedresearchmethodologywasusedduringdatapresentation wherebothdescriptiveandinferentialstatisticswereusedtomakeinferencesand drawconclusions.Reliabilityofinstrumentsandthecontentvaliditywerejudgedby thesupervisorsandthefieldexpertsduringthepilotstudywheretestandre-test methodwasusedtoobtainthereliabilityofinstrumentsαalpha=0.836.Thenull hypothesisformulatedwasthatthereisnorelationshipbetweenlabourpracticesand firmproductivityintheEPZsinKenya.Thestudysamplewasdeterminedusing Cochransamplingframeforthelargepopulationofabove10,000charactersyielding toasamplesizeof384respondents.PearsonCoefficientofCorrelationwasusedto measurethedegreeofassociationamongseveral(k)setofranking(N)objectsor itemsbetweenindependentvariableanddependentvariable.whilethenull hypothesis wastestedusingF-ratio2wayFisher‘sANOVATestatp<0.05Levelof SignificanceType1error(α=.05)wherep-value(β=0.95)Theresearchfindings usingthestandardizedcoefficientrevealedapositiverelationshipbetweenlabour practicesandfirmproductivityintheEPZsinKenyaHowever,furtheranalysistest wasdoneusingunstandardizedcoefficientswhichrevealedonlytwoattributesof theindependentvariableLabourContractandLabourManagementstatistically predictedthefirmproductivityintheEPZshence,thenullhypothesiswasrejected while,thetwoattributesoftheindependentvariableLabourRelationsandLabour SatisfactiondidnotstatisticallypredictfirmproductivityintheEPZs.Theresearcher therefore,recommendsfurtherstudyonotherformsoflabourrelationseitherformal orinformalandtheirinfluenceonfirmproductivityinfirmswithmultipleand complexwebstructureofmanagement.Toconclude;firmsdrivenbymarket pressuresneedtoaddintheirgoalsimprovedqualityandproductivity,greater flexibility,continuousinnovation,andtheabilitytochangeinrespondingrapidlyto marketneedsanddemands.EffectiveHRMisalsoveryvitalfortheattainmentof thesegoalswithimprovedquality andproductivitylinkedtomotivationwhichcanbe achievedthroughtraining,employeeinvolvementandimprovingbothextrinsicand intrinsic rewards. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Signature……………………………………… Date…………………….. Dr. MikeA.Iravo JKUAT,Kenya. Signature……………………………………… Date…………………….. Dr. MargaretA.Oloko JKUAT,Kenya. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | PhD. Hrm;2015 | |
| dc.subject | PhD. Hrm | en_US |
| dc.title | Relationship Between Labour Practices and Firm Productivity in The Export ProcessingZonesin Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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