Employee Empowerment on Performance of Selected Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya
Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the effect of employee empowerment on performance of selected pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objective of the study was to determine the effects of employee empowerment on performance of selected pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Kenya. This study was anchored on Kurt Lewin theory. Cross-sectional research design was adopted. The total population comprised of 281 respondents who were selected from the procurement departments of the 27 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Nairobi City County. Simple random and stratified sampling technique were adopted to select respondents of the study from each firm. Respondents were stratified into four strata which comprised of procurement directors, managers, supervisors and officers. The ideal sample size of 165 respondents was calculated using Israel formula. Primary data was collected using questionnaires. R-square and F-tests were tested to establish the relationship between variables. The analyzed data was presented in form of tables and figures. The results revealed that there existed a significant positive relationship between organizational agility practices and performance of selected pharmaceutical manufacturing firms. Employee empowerment was positively and statistically significant (r= 0.601, p<0.05). The study concluded that despite employee empowerment had a significant impact on firm performance, to some extent training, motivating, delegating and providing conducive working environment among workers were practices that were embraced on a small extent. The study recommended that for pharmaceutical manufacturing firms to perform effectively, they should embrace much on training, recognition, delegation and motivating of the workers.
Keywords: Employee Empowerment, Firm Performance, pharmaceutical manufacturing firms, Nairobi City County.
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