dc.description.abstract | emphasis by the government due to it being the key incentive to spur economic growth.
However, most of the construction projects end up experiencing time overruns and cost
overruns and hence exceeding the contract amount that was planned for initially. This study
therefore sought to determine stakeholders’ involvement influence on the management of
projects on performance of road construction projects in Kenya. The study also sought to
establish the effect of stakeholders’ involvement in project identification, project initiation,
project planning, project implementation and monitoring and project evaluation on the
performance of road construction projects in Kenya. Descriptive research methodology and
cross-sectional survey design was used during this study. The target population was 48,002
residents of Bondo Sub County, 30 projects managers in road construction projects in Bondo
Sub County, Siaya County. Slovin's Formula was used to determine the sample size. The
selection of 396 respondents from the target population involved the usage of stratified random
sampling. The collection of primary data involved the usage of semi structured questionnaires
and interviewing the key informants. Pilot test was used for determination of reliability and
validity of data collection instruments. Closed ended questionnaires were used for generation
of quantitative data while qualitative data were derived through interviewing of key informants
and the usage of open ended questionnaires. Analysis of qualitative data involved the usage of
thematic analysis and the results were presented in prose forms. The analysis of Quantitative
data involved the usage of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22).
Qualitative data was analyzed by the usage of descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency
distribution, mean, standard deviation and percentages were inclusive in descriptive statistics.
Inferential data analysis was done using multiple regression analysis. The study found that
stakeholders’ involvement in project identification had a significant influence on the
performance of road construction projects in Bondo Sub County. The study also established
that stakeholders’ involvement in project initiation had a significant influence on the
performance of road construction projects in Bondo Sub County. The study further established
that stakeholders’ involvement in project planning had a significant influence on the
performance of road construction projects in Bondo Sub County. Also, the study found that
stakeholders’ involvement in project implementation had a significant influence on the
performance of road construction projects in Bondo Sub County. In addition, the study found
that stakeholders’ involvement in monitoring and evaluation had a significant influence on the
performance of road construction projects in Bondo Sub County. The study recommends that
project managers should involve stakeholder in various aspect of project identification such as
performance of phase review. In addition, project managers should adopt various aspects of
project initiation such as making signing of stakeholders as meaningful as possible so as to
enhance personal commitment of stakeholders to their obligations. Also, stakeholders should
be involved in various aspects of project monitoring and evaluation such as cost control,
procurement administration and quality control so as to improve on performance | en_US |