THE EFFECTS OF DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON EMPLOYEES’ JOB PERFORMANCE AT THE WORK PLACES A CASE STUDY OF KENYA RIFLE KENYA ARMY

Abstract

This study sought to determine if drug and substance abuse affects job performance with reference to the Kenya Rifle Kenya Army. The specific objectives aimed at assessing the effect of drug and substance abuse on workplace behavior change, the level of productivity on employees at the Kenya Rifle Kenya Army. The theories of social cognitive and reinforcement were applied in this study. The study population was 106 Kenya Rifle Kenya Army employees that were selected through the application of snowball sampling method. The selection of the basic informants like heads of departments and managers was enhanced through purposive sampling method. The primary data was collected by use of questionnaires. The use of SPSS version 22 was applied in the descriptive data analysis. The research findings revealed that, drug and substance abuse affects the performance of employees in negative manner. The study concludes that, drug and substance abuse results to high employee absenteeism and decreases the level of employee productivity at the Rifle Kenya Army. The researcher recommends that, there is a need for the management of the Rifle Kenya Army to formulate an effective policy on drug and substance abuse. The organizational management should also consider the implementation of various training and workshop seminars on drug and substance abuse to help it employees to be aware of the negative effect associated with drug and substance abuse and also find measures on how best to help the already affected employees to recover.