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Research Paper | Business Administration | Kenya | Volume 12 Issue 8, August 2023
Exploring The Impact of Resilient Behavior on Employee Performance: A Case of Kenya's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Naomi Nkirote [3] | Dr. David Magu [2]
Abstract: Agility of an employee has been theorized to have linkage with employee performance in a commercial business setting. The ability to resile back from negative feelings and quickly adjust to the shifting expectations of stressful situations is one of the measures of employee agility. This study investigated the influence of resilient behavior on employee performance in the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) in Kenya. The study was founded on Social Exchange Theory (SET). The study adopted a positivism research paradigm and used a descriptive research design. From a target population of 2116 employees, a sample of 416 employees was drawn using purposive sampling technique. A pilot study was conducted from MoEST employees in Laikipia, Isiolo and Meru counties to pretest the data collection instrument. Principal Component analysis (PCA) and test of regression assumptions were carried out before hypothesis testing using a simple linear regression analysis. PCA generated seven quality measures for employee resilient behavior with factor loadings between.693 and.955. The results indicated that resilient behavior was associated with R - Square of.280, F - statistic of 115.098 and p - value of.000, a beta coefficient value of ?=0.473 and associated p - value of.000 <.05. These results imply the resilient behavior had a positive and statistically significant influence on employees' performance. Based on these findings, the study recommends that the Ministry and Public service at large should initiate where necessary and enhance capacity building programs on employee resilient behavior as it can explain over one quarter of the variations in an employee's performance. Further, the study recommends that employee resilient behavior should be considered as a strong variable of interest during entry level and promotion evaluation criteria in addition to respective employee technical skills.
Keywords: Resilient Behavior, Employee Performance, Principal Component Analysis, regression analysis
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 8, August 2023,
Pages: 1946 - 1952