Influence of Mentoring on the Performance of Universities in Kenya
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2017-10
Authors
Ndeto, Magdalene
Nzulwa, Dr. Joyce
Kamaara, Dr. Mary
Ombui, Dr. Kepha
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International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
Abstract
Tacit knowledge is acquired through experience and can be shared through several forms like on the job training, mentoring, coaching, communities of practices, peer assistance and knowledge sharing forums. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of mentoring on the performance of universities in Kenya. The study used descriptive research design and a simple random sampling to select a sample of heads of departments from the chartered universities in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the chartered universities in Kenya and the unit of observation 12 chartered universities and the respondents were the heads of department.. The sample size was 179. Data collection was done through questionnaires. The study established that mentoring had a correlation of 0.42 and the coefficient of determination R square (R2) was 0.176 and R was 0.419 at a 0.05 significance level correlation. Therefore the study concluded that mentoring programs had a significant influence on the performance of universities in Kenya. The study recommends that the organizations which desire to to improve their performance should embrace mentoring as a practice of knowledge sharing.