Organizational Culture and Financial Resource Allocation as Enabler for Performance Contracting in Public Organizations in Kenya: A Case Study of Tharaka Nithi Executive County Government
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https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2263Abstract
With emphasis on Tharaka Nithi Executive County administration, the aim of this study was to investigate how organizational culture and financial resource allocation interact to enhance performance contracting in Kenyan public organizations. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; to establishing the relationship between organizational culture and performance contracting in Kenyan public organizations and, to assess how financial resource allocation affect performance contracting in Kenyan public organizations. The study was anchored on McGregor's Theory X and Y. The target population was 300 county government employees where a sample size of 172 was selected using stratified random sampling method. The study employed a descriptive research design and used a self-administered drop-and-pick questionnaire as its main instrument to gather primary data from the sampled respondents. Using SPSS software, the acquired data was cleaned for analysis. Descriptive statistics, such as mean and standard deviation, and inferential statistics, such as regressions and correlation, were produced. Tables and figures were used to display the quantitative results, while thematic presentations were used to display the qualitative data. After analyzing the data, the researcher came to certain conclusions and offered suggestions. The results of the study showed that effectiveness of performance contracting had a positive and substantial association with both organizational culture and financial resources. As a result, the study concluded that Organisational culture as well as financial resource allocation were the main reasons why performance contracting is ineffective; and that better performance contracting in county government would result from an increase in the efficacy of these variables, and vice versa. The study recommended that the county benchmark with excelling county governments in Kenya as reported by council of governors report of 2022 on both organizational culture and financial resource allocation and implement the results consistently while cascading them down to the lowest levels of staff in the areas of organizational culture and financial resource allocation; and that if properly followed, these suggestions would result to the county governments' ability to function successfully.
Key Terms: Benchmark, County Administration, Financial Resource Allocation, Organizational Culture, Performance Contracting
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