| dc.description.abstract | Purpose:The aim of this study was to establish the relationship betweenwork environmentandwork performance of employees in public service in Kenya. This was necessitated by the numerous challenges faced by public servants amidst the budgetary constraints and increased taxes making the work environment laced with high stress levels that are either work-related or personal. The study therefore sort to determine the factors within the work environment and how they influence an employee’s work performance.Methodology:The research design adapted wasuse of cross-sectional research survey, the target population was Public Servants represented by KSG Senior Management Course class 409/2023. The sample was 76 of the 112 public servants in the SMC 409/2023 class selected through simple random sampling. Data was collected using structured questionnaires, data analysis done descriptively and inferentially using Microsoft Excel and SPSS version 27. The results were presented through use of pie charts and tables. Findings:96.1% percent of the respondents believed that the work environment positively affected their jobperformance, which is 72 respondents, while 1.3% believed that it does not, which is only one respondent.Tworespondents wereunsureifthe workenvironment affectstheirjobperformance.Inthemeasurement oftheextent oftheworkenvironmentinfluencingtheirperformance,59.7%ofthem(46) agreed that it has verystrong effects. 24.7% (19) respondents believed that work environment has astrong impact on their performance, 7.8% were not sure if it has or doesn't, 5.2% (4) respondents disagreedthat each has an effect on the performance,while two people strongly disagreed if it has which is 2.6percent. 46.8%, thatis 36 people, were satisfied with their current work environment. 6.5%, which is five people, were very satisfied with their current work environment. 23.4%, 18 respondents, were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with their current work environment, 16.7% (13) respondents were dissatisfied with their current work environment, and 5, 6.5%, were very dissatisfied with their current work environment.Unique contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy:This study findingswere important for theory because they brought forth new information about the levels of work performance among public servants. For practice, the study will guide on measures that can be done as recommendations to improve work performance and In Policy, the public service can utilizedata from this study to improve on their work place policies to inculcate the unique needs of public servants thus hoping implementation will promote work performance.Keywords: | en_US |
