EFFECT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
Kennedy Juma Mulunda - PhD in Human Resource Management, Department of Entrepreneurship and Procurement, College of Human Resource Development, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Susan Were - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Prof. Willy Muturi - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
This study sought to find out the effect of collective bargaining on employee performance in the Energy sector in Nairobi County, Kenya.. The target population of the study was 5,001 staff in the Energy Sector. A representative sample of 356 staff was obtained by use stratified random sampling. This study targeted both Management and Unionisable staff of all companies in the Energy Sector in Nairobi County. The study targets management staff who are charged with the responsibility of formulation and implementation of employee relations policies, procedures and strategies as well as Unionisable staff since they are affected by the policies, procedures and strategies. The study used a descriptive research design to measure the effect of employee relations on employee performance. The study used a questionnaire to collect data. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22 was used to analyze data. Inferential statistics were used to establish the relationships that existed between the variables. The correlation coefficient results found that collective bargaining had a positive significant effect on employee performance, r = .547, p = .000 while the regression results showed that for every one unit change in collective bargaining, employee performance increases by 0.362 hence implying a positive impact of collective bargaining on employee performance. The study found out that collective bargaining had a significant effect on employee performance.