Volume 12, Issue 1, July 2015, Pages 287–299
Daniel Kimori Nyantika1, Simon Kibet Kipchumba2, Daniel O. Auka3, and Benard Odero Asienyo4
1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
2 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
3 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
4 Organizational Development and Project Management Consultant, Bistech Systems, Nakuru, Kenya
Original language: English
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Employees' job satisfaction is an old concept in industrial relations and is influenced by a number of factors. Since the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, some of the government functions which used to be under the central government have since been devolved to the county governments. These functions include the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public works and roads among others. Employees working in these ministries, among others, had their functions devolved to the county governments. The deployment to the counties had adverse effects among employees as exemplified by strikes of the employees of the Ministry of Health. The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of selected job motivational factors on civil servants' job satisfaction within government devolved functions in Nakuru County. The target population was 1912 employees working in the devolved functions. The sample size of the study was 320 systematically picked across the devolved functions. The study used a close ended questionnaire as the main data collection tool. Both Pearson's correlation and regression analyses were used to establish whether the selected motivational factors were related to the exiting level of employees' job satisfaction. The study established that procedural justice and interactional justice contributed significantly to employees job satisfaction compared to communication and supervision.
Author Keywords: Job Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Procedural Justice, Communication, Supervision and Interactional Justice.
Daniel Kimori Nyantika1, Simon Kibet Kipchumba2, Daniel O. Auka3, and Benard Odero Asienyo4
1 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
2 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
3 Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, Kenya
4 Organizational Development and Project Management Consultant, Bistech Systems, Nakuru, Kenya
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Employees' job satisfaction is an old concept in industrial relations and is influenced by a number of factors. Since the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, some of the government functions which used to be under the central government have since been devolved to the county governments. These functions include the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Public works and roads among others. Employees working in these ministries, among others, had their functions devolved to the county governments. The deployment to the counties had adverse effects among employees as exemplified by strikes of the employees of the Ministry of Health. The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of selected job motivational factors on civil servants' job satisfaction within government devolved functions in Nakuru County. The target population was 1912 employees working in the devolved functions. The sample size of the study was 320 systematically picked across the devolved functions. The study used a close ended questionnaire as the main data collection tool. Both Pearson's correlation and regression analyses were used to establish whether the selected motivational factors were related to the exiting level of employees' job satisfaction. The study established that procedural justice and interactional justice contributed significantly to employees job satisfaction compared to communication and supervision.
Author Keywords: Job Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Procedural Justice, Communication, Supervision and Interactional Justice.
How to Cite this Article
Daniel Kimori Nyantika, Simon Kibet Kipchumba, Daniel O. Auka, and Benard Odero Asienyo, “Effect of Selected Motivational Factors on the Job Satisfaction of Civil Servants within Government Devolved Functions in Nakuru County,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 287–299, July 2015.
