Relationship between Strategic Environmental Relations Practice and Organizational Performance of Companies Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange

Abstract

The general objective of this study was to assess the influence of strategic employee relations practice on organization performance of Nairobi Securities Exchange listed companies in Kenya. The study also sought to determine the moderating effect of organization size on the relationship between strategic employee practices and performance of the organizations. The study utilized a descriptive survey research design that incorporated quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population for this study consisted all the 62 companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) as at December 2014 from which primary data was collected using questionnaires administered to human resource and finance managers alongside secondary data on performance collected using a data collection sheet. Descriptive statistics was used aided by Statistical Packages for Social Sciences version 24 to compute percentages of respondents’ answers. Also, analysis was conducted using quantitative approach. The study found out that strategic environmental relations practice influence positively organizational performance. The study therefore, recommends that organizational managers should incorporporate and initiate such programs that include; waste disposal initiatives, environmental cleaning programs, air pollution reduction activities, material recycling activities, tree planting activities, promotion of use of clean energy, water conservation and environmental rehabilitation and conservation.