Effect of work planning on employee performance in private hospitals in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya

Abstract

This study aimed at examining work planning’s effect on employee performance in Private Hospitals in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya. An Explanatory research design approach was adopted. The study population consisted of all 2,298 employees of 31 private hospitals in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya. A sample of 317 was utilised for the study. The data was collected with the aid of a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics did the data analysis with the aid of SPSS software. The hypothesis was tested through the entry regression analysis technique. Evidence obtained from the analysis confirmed work planning ((β = .483, ρ < 0.05) had a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Based on the findings, the study recommends that private hospitals consider work planning to enhance employee performance and overall organisation performance. The framework builds on the important themes of employee performance and shows their relevance in practice through work planning. Thus, the study partly contributes to the inconclusive debate on time management practices and employee performance nexus by arguing that work planning, a dimension of time management practices, has a direct effect on employee performance which is more important in enhancing organisational performance.