Employee Political Skill, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Performance among Employees in Kenyan Universities: Moderation Approach

Lelei Joy Chelagat; Prof. Michael Korir; Dr. Yusuf Kibet

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Lelei Joy Chelagat
Prof. Michael Korir
Dr. Yusuf Kibet

Keywords:

organizational citizenship behaviour, social exchange theory, employee performance

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to assess moderating role of organizational citizenship behaviour on relationship between employee political skill and employee performance in Kenyan universities. The study was grounded by social exchange theory. The study used positivism paradigm, explanatory research design, simple and combination of random and stratified sampling on a target population of 6147 employees in selected universities in Kenya. A sample size of 567 academic and non-academic staff selected based on Yamane's formula to determine selection of respondents to be served with structured questionnaires. The reliability of the data collection instrument was presented using Cronbach Alpha while factor analysis was used to validate the instrument. Data was analysed quantitatively with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 24.0).

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Employee Political Skill, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Performance among Employees in Kenyan Universities: Moderation Approach. (2020). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 20(A16), 59-69. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/3278

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