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The Influence of Employee Delegation on the Performance in Commercial Banks in Nairobi County, Kenya

Received: 2 September 2022     Accepted: 5 October 2022     Published: 27 October 2022
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The more autocratic management is threatened by employee involvement in decision-making. Furthermore, failing to respond to employee compliments is an example of how failure to do so decreases employee involvement in decision-making. Commercial banks in Kenya still lack the required structures to properly conduct their businesses, owing to a lack of involvement of bank employees, or at the very least their employee representatives, in decision-making processes. Therefore, the present study aimed at determining how employee delegation affects employee performance in commercial banks in Nairobi County, Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was used in this investigation. The commercial banks in Kenya were the study's target population, and three banks were involved that included; Kenya Commercial bank, Cooperative Bank and Barclays bank in Nairobi City County. The respondents were employees from these selected banks who were 569 in total number. To ensure that all instances are represented, a stratified sampling method was employed to sample respondents as per their departments. The respondents were chosen using a simple random selection procedure. A total of 235 respondents were sampled. For the objective of gathering primary data, questionnaires were employed. The questionnaires were piloted to 14 respondents. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were tested by conducting a pilot study. Analyis of data in quantitative form was done using descriptive analysis. In addition, inferential analysis constituting of analysis of multiple regressions was done to assess how one variable influences the other. The study established that employee delegation had a positive and significant influence on employee performance in commercial banks in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study concluded that delegation enables managers to focus on more important tasks or tasks for which they are better suited and encourages managers to learn how to trust their subordinates and once subordinates successfully complete a task, they have more trust in the future in their capabilities. The study recommended that the managers of the commercial banks should choose tasks to delegate based on employee’s skills, preferences and availability and let the employee know why this task is important.

Published in Journal of Human Resource Management (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.jhrm.20221004.12
Page(s) 123-128
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Keywords

Employee Delegation, Employee Participation, Organizational Performance, Commercial Banks

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  • School of Business, Department of Business Administration, KCA University, Nairobi City, Kenya

  • School of Business, Department of Business Administration, KCA University, Nairobi City, Kenya

  • School of Business, Economics and Tourism, Department of Business Administration, Kenyatta University, Nairobi City, Kenya

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