The effects of individual resistant forces to the introduction of tea plucking machines in selected tea estates of James Finlay's Kenya in Kericho County

摘要

Technological change is a constant phenomenon in contemporary organizations. How toudprepare employees for technological change has increasingly become an issue for theudhuman resource management. Such a scenario in Kenya was recently witnessed followingudintroduction of tea plucking machines in the tea industry that faced a lot of resistanceudfrom the workforce and trade unionists. This study sought to analyse the effects ofudindividual resistant forces to the introduction of tea plucking machines .The research wasudbased on a study of one of the major tea industry players; James Finlay's Kenya Ltd. inudKericho coutity. The target population was all the tea estates in James Finlay's (K) Ltd inudKericho County. James Finlay's has a total of 13 Tea estates. There are a total of 10,262udtea pluckers in·the company ..' A sample of five estates was considered and a sample ofud20% of tea pluckers' in these estates was taken for the study.udA representative group according to Mugenda and Mugenda is one that is at least 10% ofudthe population of interest. The above sample was therefore representative. Total numberudof 100 tea pluckers was selected using random sampling. Data was collected usingudstructured questionnaires. The data collected was supplemented with available literatureudreview on the subject of study. The response from cross-functional sample group wasudanalysed using descriptive statistical techniques. in form of frequency distribution tables,udpercentages, pie charts, paretto and computer packages. Data was checked for accuracyudand consistency of entry, spot checks were formed to ensure integrity of the data. Theuddata was subjected to standardized statistics analysis techniques presentation of resultsudwas devoted to descriptive statistics in form of tables and graphs which include pie chartsudand bar graphs. The above was done using statistical package for social sciences (spss)udthis helped the researcher to draw conclusions and make recommendations.