Influence of age diversity on organization performance at Kenya urban roads authority
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The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of age diversity on organization performance at the Kenya Urban Roads Authority. The study was conducted at Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) Headquarters, in Nairobi and the target population was all categories of employees of KURA. A descriptive research design was used in this study. The method employed was stratified random sampling. The population of the study was 150 and the sample size was 30% of the population which translated to 45 respondents. In order to collect data, structured questionnaires were issued to respondents. A pilot test was done to determine the questionnaire's validity and reliability. Data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential analysis. The multiple regression results showed that age diversity account for up to 41.3% of the variation in organizational performance of KURA. As a result, the study recommends the HR department of KURA to improve age diversity in the organization by increasing the rate of adoption of such practices as mixing the youthful employees' skill with high-tech instruments in order to assist older employees in improving their knowledge of current technologies encouraging the younger employees to take risks in order to contribute to the success of the authority and encouraging the older employees to mentor young employees in acquiring job skills.
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