Corporate Wellness Programmes, Employee Efficiency and Job Performance among the Middle Level Executives of Standard Group Limited, Nairobi Kenya
- December 31, 2021
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue XII, December 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Stephen Musau Mulwa, Prof. Michael M. Ndurumo
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract: The study seeks to establish the relationship between corporate wellness programmes, employee efficiency and job performance. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzberg’s dual factor theories form the theoretical framework of the study. Eleven (11) departments were sampled for the study using Stratified sampling technique. The sample of the study consists of all the middle level executives working with Standard Group Ltd. Quantitative research design was used in the study by conducting a survey. Data collection was done using questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Correlation between the variables of the study was calculated using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study found out that the Company offers corporate wellness programmes. A strong correlation exists between corporate wellness programmes and employee efficiency. However, there is no significant correlation between corporate wellness programmes and Job performance. The study concludes that corporate wellness programmes increase employees’ efficiency.
I. INTRODUCTION
Globally, non-communicable diseases are on the rise due to poor lifestyles (Matunda, 2014). Medical practitioners unanimously agree that unhealthy foods, drinks and lack of physical exercise lead to increased cases of non-communicable diseases (Makumi, 2015). Lifestyle diseases lead to increased rate of disability and death among the general population (Ligami, 2012). In organizations, non-communicable diseases result in adverse effects such as high medical costs, absenteeism, presenteeism, low job satisfaction, high employee turnover, low efficiency, reduced return on investment, decreased job performance, increased work-related accidents, reduction of employee morale, decreased employee engagement and proneness to illnesses (Mattke, Liu, Caloyeras, Huang, van Busum, Khodyakov, &Shier, 2013; Mattke, Schnyer & Busum, 2012). Consequently, lifestyle diseases inhibit the competitive ability of organizations due to the high costs incurred while addressing the negative effects of employee poor health (MetLife, 2013; Mattke et al., 2013).
