*Department of Business Studies and Economics, Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology Kisumu, Kenya
**School of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Jaramogi oginga odinga university of Science & Technology, Bondo, Kenya
Online published on 21 November, 2013.
Staff performance is a critical aspect of an organizations ability to meet its objectives, survive, and thrive. Best practice in staff performance involves a full range of managerial practices. For this reason, the study sought to investigate the factors influencing performance of staff in TIVET Institutions in Kisumu County. The data employed factor analysis and descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages and mean was used to analyze the data. The response rate was 92.86%. The study established that the factors influencing performance of staff were: training of staff, consideration of professional qualification during recruitment, proper selection of staff attributes for job qualification, fairness in recruitment styles, awareness of career opportunities in the institutions, staff knowing what is expected of them within the institution, staff trust in the supervisors, supervisor timely provision of feedback to improve their performance, supervisors helping in resolving conflicts to ensure that performance is not compromised, staff ability to balance professional and personal responsibilities, staff being well rewarded when they perform well, staff being adequately informed of their compensations and benefits when they are employed and lastly staff being paid adequately for their responsibilities.
Staff performance, Public TIVET Institutions, Performance management systems
