Influence Of Job Design On Job Satisfaction Of Security Personnel In Public Secondary Schools In Baringo County, Kenya

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of job design on job satisfaction of security personnel in public secondary schools in Baringo County. Methodology: The study adopted a cross sectional descriptive survey research design. The study population comprised 508 security personnel and 169 principals in public secondary schools in Baringo County. Slovin's formula was used to get the sample of 224 security personnel. Random sampling technique was used to select 10% of the school principals to participate in the study. A questionnaire and an interview guide were used to collect data. Qualitative data was analysed thematically based on the objectives. Editing and coding of the collected information was done before the data was entered into the Statistical Package for Social Scientists tool (SPSS Version 22) for analysis. Quantitative data was analysed by use of both descriptive (means, percentages as well as frequencies) and inferential statistics. The inferential statistics comprised Pearson product moment correlation and multiple linear regression. Findings: The findings showed that job design (β1= 0.353, p<0.05) had significant relationship with security personnel's job satisfaction. As such, job design practices were major predictors of job satisfaction. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Based on the findings, it is recommended that schools should formulate job design policies and put them in operation in schools; security personnel should be rewarded according to the governments' recommendation and the rewards should be commensurate with their work experience, skills and qualifications.