Factors Affecting Execution Of Performance Contracting In Public Universities In Kenya.

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the bottlenecks affecting execution of performance contracting in the Kenyan public universities. The study uses the public universities within Nairobi County to generalize its findings. The study sought to establish how target formulation, resistance to change, stakeholder involvement and management style acting as independent variables affect the execution of performance contracting in Kenyan public universities. The scope of the study was limited to the challenges affecting execution of performance contracting in Kenyan public universities within Nairobi County. The research used primary data collected using questionnaires and found out that employee resistance would have very negligible impact on the execution of performance contracting. Secondly, performance contracting would be more effective if it was a consultative forum involving the employees and the university management. However, all the respondents indicated that involvement of shareholders and customers would have very little effect on the success of the implementation of performance contracting. Thirdly, performance planning and review has a significant impact towards success of the implementation of performance contracting. Lastly, the variables in this study explained a significant percentage of the challenges affecting the success of execution of performance contracting and recommended further research be done to identify more other aspects that affect the execution of performance contracting in public institutions of higher learning.