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To Examine How Employee Participation in Decision Making Influences Organizational Commitment: A Case Study of Savannah Cement Limited

Management and Administrative Sciences Review

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Title To Examine How Employee Participation in Decision Making Influences Organizational Commitment: A Case Study of Savannah Cement Limited
 
Creator Kamau, Simon Wainaina
Chege, Alex Njuguna
 
Subject Employee participation, decision making, Consultative management, Group discussions, Suggestive programs
 
Description This study aimed to investigate employee participation in decision making on organizational commitment. The objective of the study was to examine employee participation in decision making influences organizational commitment at Savannah Cement Limited. This study adopted a descriptive survey design in the investigation of employee participation in decision making on organizational commitment at Savannah Cement Limited. The study population consisted of 302 employees working at Savannah Cement Limited.  A sample of 30 employees was selected using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Data collected was analyzed with the aid Statistical Package of Social Science SPSS (version 21). A multi regression model was generated to show the influence of the variables to organizational commitment. The regression showed that consultative management had the highest influence on organizational commitment with a coefficient of 0.488, followed by group discussions with a coefficient of 0.384, suggestion programs with a coefficient of 0.269 and briefing groups with a coefficient of 0.221. The study recommends the support of employee participation in decision making. The study also provide insight for further studies on the topic.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research
 
Date 2016-09-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/641
 
Source Management and Administrative Sciences Review; Vol 5 No 5 (2016): September 2016; 260-268
2308-1368
2310-872X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/masr/article/view/641/660
 
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