Work environment entails all elements at work place which have the potential of affecting the way employees performs their duty. Work environment comprise of physical environment, detailing the office layouts, provision of furniture and working tools, office facilities, location and external aspects such as noise. A conducive Working Environment is a major impetus to Job Performance in the Public Service. The Public Service has been associated with fair to poor Work Environments and this can have direct bearing on employee Job Performance. The study assessed the interconnection between Work Environment and Job Performance in Public Service. Descriptive research design was used. The study was conducted at the Department of Finance and Economic Planning, County Government of Embu targeting a sampling frame of 120 employees. Sample size of 92 respondents was obtained from the sampling frame using Yamane formula. Proportionate random sampling was used to categorize the targeted respondents. A Semi-structured questionnaire was applied in data collection. The data that was collected related to: demographic information, Work Environment and Job Performance. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the data. Results were displayed in tables, column charts and pie-charts. The study findings established that Work Environment has a positive and significant relationship with Job Performance. Work Environment has a significance p-value of 0.000. When Work Environment is equal to zero, Job Performance is equal to 1.534 units. Subsequently, when one improves Work Environment by one unit, there is an increase in job performance by 0.662 units. The co-efficient of determination (R2) has a value of 0.753, a discovery that Work Environment results to a 75.3% of the deviations in Job Performance. Further the study findings established that comfort of the furniture had a mean of 3.88 and a standard deviation of 0.88, workplace without noise had a mean of 3.82 and a standard deviation of 0.83. Having an adequate space for effective work performance had a mean of 3.80 and a standard deviation of 0.99, while working in a well light environment had a mean of 4.0 and a standard deviation of 0.77 while that of adequate waste disposal and office hygiene had a mean of 4.06 and a standard deviation of 0.73. Upon ranking using the mean values, adequate working space had the lowest rank at position 6, undisturbed work environment without noise at position 5. However, having proper ventilation in the working area was ranked at position 1 followed by adequate waste disposal and office hygiene as position 2. Position 3 was taken by working in an area which is well lit. The overall score on performance of Work Environment and how it influences Job Performance, mean value was 3.94 and a standard deviation of 0.83. The study recommends that government ministries, departments, counties and agencies should provide adequate working space for their employees which are undisturbed and noise free, to motivate their staff and improve on their efficiency and throughput. Further, a study on other parameters influencing Job Performance, which were statistically significant (24.7%) and not part of this study could be carried out.
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To Cite this Article: Kangethe, A. T. W., Omolo, J. O., Nyaga, E. W., & Daria, N. O. (2022). Work Environment Impetus and Job Performance in the Public Service: A Study of Department of Finance and Economic Planning, Embu County Kenya. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(12), 1386– 1401.
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