EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS ON PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA
Selerina Samba Mwaruta
PhD Candidate, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Patrick Ngugi Karanja
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Mary Kamaara
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
CITATION: Mwaruta, S. S., Karanja, P. N., & Kamaara, M. (2019). Effect of Occupational Accidents on the Performance of Cement Manufacturing Firms in Kenya. International Journal of Human Resources and Procurement. Vol. 8 (11) 1 -18.
Occupational accidents have been known to negatively affect the productivity of the workforce resulting to poor firm performance. Manufacturing sector remains to be one of the most affected sectors as far as occupation accidents are concerned. This study therefore sought to establish the effect of occupational accidents on the performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study further sought to examine the moderating effect of management styles on the relationship between occupational accidents and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study was informed by entropy model and human factor theory. The study adopted the descriptive research design which used both quantitative and qualitative approach to determine the relationship between employee training and Performance of Cement Manufacturing firms in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the six cement manufacturing firms in Kenya while the unit of observation was five Cement Manufacturing firms. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain the sample size of 344 respondents drawn from human resource management, production department and marketing department. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire for employees and it had both open-ended and close-ended questions. The study established that occupational accidents had significant and positive effect on performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study also established that management styles had significant moderating effect on the relationship between occupational accidents and performance of cement manufacturing firms in Kenya.
Key Words: Occupational accidents, Occupational health and safety training, Firm performance, Management style, Cement manufacturing firms.
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