EFFECTS OF REDUNDANCY ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AMONG SURVIVING WORKERS IN JAMES FINLAY LIMITED IN KERICHO COUNTY

<strong>Abstract</strong><strong>:</strong> With hard economic situation for organizations, the businesses are today using employee redundancy in order to reduce expenses. Although employee redundancy is aimed at cutting costs, there is a general assumption that if companies retain the best employees and managers during redundancy, the company should perform better. However, several employee redundancy exercises in various organizations negate this thought. Some unexpected negative outcomes have drawn both theoretical and practical experts’ attention to the outcomes of employee redundancy and the main questions involved in managing. This study utilized case study research design. The total target population for the study was 120 respondents where responses were received from 102 giving a response rate of 85%. Both structure and unstructured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents in this study. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and the findings presented in tables and charts. The study concludes that redundancy was undertaken in James Finlay Limited and that there were employee survivors still working in the organization who does not enjoy their work and that their quality of work had not improved and have been thinking of quitting their present job. The study recommends that employees need to accept almost any type of job assignment in order to keep working for the organization and this is only possible if they are encouraged and are provided with good working conditions so that they enjoy their work and accepts responsibility given to them hence not think of quitting their job. <strong>Keywords:</strong> Employee Redundancy, Worker commitment, Job satisfaction, Employee productivity, Employee turnover. <strong>Title:</strong> EFFECTS OF REDUNDANCY ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AMONG SURVIVING WORKERS IN JAMES FINLAY LIMITED IN KERICHO COUNTY <strong>Author:</strong> Chebore Chesang Ngeno, Dr. Joseph K.Kirui, Dr. Hellen W. Sang <strong>International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)</strong> <strong>ISSN 2349-7807</strong> <strong>Vol. 9, Issue 2, April 2022 - June 2022</strong> <strong>Page No: 135-142</strong> <strong>Paper Publications </strong> <strong>Website: www.paperpublications.org</strong> <strong>Published Date: 28-June-2022</strong> <strong>DOI: </strong><strong>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6773171</strong> <strong>Paper Download Link (Source)</strong> <strong>https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/EFFECTS%20OF%20REDUNDANCY%20ON%20EMPLOYEE-28062022-7.pdf</strong>