Influence of Employee Assistance Programs on Employee Performance in Mumias Sugar Company, Kenya

摘要

Employee assistance has been promoted and recommended as a means of improving performance in organizations, its influence on the performance of employees in the sugar sector has not been exhaustively investigated. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of employee assistance programs on employee performance. The research design adopted for this study was a Case study. The target population was 1269 employees of Mumias Sugar Company and a sample size of 297. This study employed stratified and simple random sampling methods. Data was collected using Likert questionnaires. Data was analyzed through percentages, mean and multi-regression techniques and presented through tables, pie-charts and bar graphs. The study found out that employee assistance programs have a significant effect on employee performance. Keyword: Employee assistance program