Assessment Of The Effect Of Job Specification Requirements On Employee Performance At Subcounty Hospitals In Kericho County, Kenya

Abstract

Hospitals need to comprehend and implement strategies that will improve the performance of employees in order to achieve the required outcomes from them. Inadequate attention on job specification at work has retarded the zeal to maximize worker performance. Work performance has been found to be very low to workers who their job specification has not been taken keenly. The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of academic qualification on employees performance of sub county hospitals in Kericho County, to establish the influence of job experience on employees performance of sub county hospitals in Kericho County, to establish the role of job training on employees performance of sub county hospitals in Kericho County and to determine the contribution extent of job skills on employees performance of sub county hospitals in Kericho County. The study adopted Human Capital Theory and Maslow’s theory. The study also adopted descriptive cross sectional survey design based on a sample drawn from across the south rift region. The population of interest in the study consisted of the employees at sub county hospitals in Kericho County. The study focused on hospital managers, Clinical Officers, nurses and other hospital staff. The study therefore targeted a total of 211 employees using census inquiry. Data was collected using questionnaire, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was applied on the pilot results obtained to determine how items correlate among themselves in the same instrument. Graphs, tables and pie charts were used to represent results. For descriptive statistics, frequencies, percentages, mean and standard and for inferential statistics, multiple regression was used to analyze data. The study findings indicated that academic qualification (β1 = 0. 200, P < 0.05), job experience (β = 0.350, P < 0.05), job training (β = 0.147, P < 0.05) and job skills (β = 0.284, P < 0.05) were statistically significant in explaining employee performance in sub county hospitals in Kericho County. Therefore it is recommended that Sub county hospitals should recruit competent human resources specialists and job analysts and job descriptions and given chance new employees to practice their skills and knowledge, develop and implement strategies that support change in culture Government through the ministry of health should establish employment policy related to the job experience on employee’s performance and employees should be given job feedback of standard of performance related to job descriptions at a measurable time, Lastly, the county government as well as other organizations should base the evaluation of their employees ‘performance on their achievements and identify the gaps and the reasons affecting the performance