Scholars Bulletin (SB)
Volume-1 | Issue-04 | 2015, 1(4): 102-106
Research Article
The Influence of Flexible Work Practices On Employee Performance in Public Sector in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Embu County
Pauline M Njiru, Dr Kellen Kiambati, Dr Alice Kamau
Published : Sept. 15, 2015
Abstract
The study was carried out to investigate the influence of flexible work practices on employee performance in Public sector in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Embu County. Research demonstrates that a critical element of workplace effectiveness is flexibility in work schedules. Flexible work schedules covered in this study include telecommuting, compressed hours, job sharing and flexi-time. Objectives were formulated to determine how job sharing, telecommuting, compressed work week and flexi-time affect the employee performance and the research questions were derived from these objectives. The study was carried out at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and a descriptive survey design was adopted. The study targeted all the 50 employees in the Ministry. Data was collected by use of structured questionnaires and interviews; the responses in the questionnaires were tabulated, coded and processed by use of computer Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) that aided data analysis. The study established that the institution did not have flexible work practices policy in place; similarly the study established that respondents did not think that telecommuting and compressed work hours would influence employee performance in the institution. However, despite the fact that the institution did not have a job sharing and flexi-time policy in the organization, job sharing and flexi-time was being used to ‘a large extent’ and it influenced employee performance. The study recommends that, there is need for the institution through its ICT to put in place an ICT framework and infrastructure to support telecommuting arrangements and the institution through its headquarters should put in place a flexi time and job sharing policy.