EFFECT OF INFORMAL NETWORKS ON ENTERPRISE TRANSITION IN ELDORET, KENYA

Despite the wide application of Informal Networking, there is still limited understanding on the phenomenon in enterprise continuum. This study analysed a comparative study on Informal networks and Enterprise transition: Case of Eldoret, in Kenya. The study was informed by Reeg's onion model, it adopted a post-positivism research. Data was adopted from a thesis, where it was collected using questionnaires. A survey research design was employed. Multiple regressions were used to measure: Effects and strength of the relationship. AMOS was used for: Modeling, Likelihood approval, Nested and Hypothesis testing. The p < = 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Findings indicate: an average of KMO = 0.80. Entrepreneurial drivers on informal networks, had a negative influence; Informal networks had a positive influence on enterprise transition; public networks on enterprise transition had a negative influence; informal networks, public networks and private networks enters the model, all the results are significant , indirect effect of public networks and private networks was supportive.