Evaluation of factors influencing employee discipline in the civil service :a case study of Provincial Medical Office, Rift Valley Headquaters

Abstract

The Kenya civil service plays an important role in the economic development of the country through its facilitative. supportive and advisory role both to the public and private sector. lt’s therefore important that the government maintains a disciplined manpower to deliver the same. The main objective of this study was to establish the major factors that influence employee discipline within staff in the PMO‘s office and the specific objectives were to establish effects of monetary rewards on discipline, non-monetary rewards on discipline and to determine other factors that affect discipline. Relevant literature will be reviewed to ascertain the issues related to these objectives. The hypotheses of the study were to establish whether there is a relationship between monetary rewards and discipline, and non-monetary rewards and discipline. The study adopted a survey to such design. Stratified random sampling method was used to obtain data. through administration of questionnaires on respondents. Respondents were stratified into three categories/cadres of senior, middle and junior cadres whose target population was 1,134. Sample size was 84. Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data. Likert scale was also used. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses The statistical package for social sciences, (SPSS) computer tool was used to facilitate the analysis. It is expected that the findings of the study will point out areas where policy measures that could foster discipline could be adopted, thereby facilitating the move towards the development of a well motivated. efficient and performance — oriented civil service.