Relationship between Peer Influence and Transfer of Skills from Training the Workplace in State Corporations in Kenya

Abstract

The government of Kenya allocates a lot of money to train public servants. State corporations in Kenya, just like other public sector organizations, usually dedicate at least 2% of their total expenditure to training with the aim of improving service delivery. For example, according to the controller of the budget report of 2017, a total of Kshs 3.6996 billion was spent on training Kenyan public servants during financial 2016/2017. State corporations have faced a number of challenges, including poor service delivery, insolvency and delays in project implementation. Data were collected from 369 employees of sampled state corporations using structured questionnaires. The study revealed that Peer influence is an important factor that influences employees' transfer of skills from training to work and that a majority of the employees who went for training received the necessary support from their colleagues that enabled them to transfer the skills acquired during the training. The study recommends that State corporations consider Peer influence as an essential ingredient in their strategies for improving the effectiveness of training and therefore come up with structures to support it.