STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH PROJECTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN NYERI COUNTY, KENYA

Reuben Gichuhi Kibathi, Dr. Samson Nyang’au

Abstract


This study aimed at studying the relationship between stakeholder engagement and project performance by focusing on two objectives, stakeholder analysis and stakeholder conflict management. The study was guided by two theories; stakeholder Theory and contingency theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population was the public hospitals in Nyeri County. The unit of analysis was public hospitals health projects in Nyeri county while the unit of observation was hospital management team, project implementers, and representative’s agencies from government since they are involved in the implementation of health projects in Nyeri county. The study adopted census hence no sampling was done. Data was collected using semi- structured questionnaires. After the data collected, it was subjected to editing, handling blank responses, coding categorizing and keyed into statistical package for social science computer software for analysis version 24. The study adopted descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The data was presented using tables. Findings show that; there is a moderate   significant relationship between stakeholder analysis and performance of health projects, Kenya (r = 0.370, p-value=0.000) and a strong significant relationship between stakeholder conflict management and performance of health projects, Kenya (r= 0.526, p-value= 0.040). The study recommends that; project managers should identify and document all the stakeholders in order to keep record and assess new stakeholders and project managers must seek to understand the differences of opinions among the project team and stakeholders and makes them transparent.

Key Words: Stakeholder engagement, project performance, stakeholder analysis, stakeholder conflict management


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