Nfluence of Job Enrichment on Performance of Academic Staff in Public Universities in Kenya

The study herein aims to examine the impact of job enrichment on the performance of academic staff in public universities in Kenya. The study uses data collected from all academic staff in Kenyan public universities who form the target population. Further, the study employed exploratory research which enabled the researcher to achieve greater control of the study design, and the use of a cross-sectional survey since the data used was collected during the research and was not initially centrally available. Data collection was undertaken using questionnaires distributed to a select number of staff derived using the multi-stage sampling procedure. Using simple regression models for data analysis, the research established that there is a positive correlation between job enrichment and the performance of academic staff in public universities in Kenya. Based on the above findings, it is recommended that further research is required to analyze the impact of job enrichment on non-academic staff. Further, extensive research should be undertaken to establish similarities of findings in the case where the target population is private university staff