Influence of In-Service Training on Employee Performance in Baringo County, Kenya

Abstract

In-service training plays a critical role in ensuring the employees remains effective, efficient and competitive. Therefore, is a need to establish the influence of in-service training and employee performance of in Baringo County, Kenya. The influence of induction and on-job training on employee performance were the objective of the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population was 210 employees and a sample size of 70 respondent used in the study. The simple random sampling was used to select respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. From the regression results, R-square is .674 and in-service training explained 67.4% of the employee performance. Induction training on-job training influenced the employee performance positively. There is need to review the induction programme in Baringo county to target all new employees in the county to mitigate against negative employee attitude and behavior that leads to poor performance of the County and dissatisfied customers. The County government should initiate a tailor made in-service programmes to enhance skills of employees.