Corporate Governance Practices and Performance of Faith Based Health Facilities in Nyanza Region
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2019Author
Odhiambo, Cornel O
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The lstudy lsought lto lfind lout lthe lrelationship lbetween lcorporate lgovernance lpractices
land lperformance lof lfaith lbased lhealth lfacilities lin lNyanza lregion. lThe lgoal lof lthe
lstudylwaslguidedlbylthe lfollowinglcorporatelgovernancelpractices;lboardlcomposition,
lsize lof lthe lboard, lboard lsub-committees, lCEO lduality land lthe lfrequency lboards’
lmeetings. lThe lstudy lemployed la lcross-sectional lsurvey ldesign lto lestablish lthe
lrelationship. lThe lstudy lfound lout lthat l93.5% lof lthe lfaith lbased lhealth lfacilities lin lthe
lNyanza lregion lhad lsub-committees, l67.7% lof lthe lfacilities lhad la lboard lsize lof l7-8
lwhile l74.2%loflthe lfacilitieslhad lquarterlylboardlmeetings. lThe lstudyladoptedlBalance
lscorecard ldeveloped lby lKaplan land lNorton lto lmeasure lorganizational lperformance.
lThe lstudy lfound lout lfinancial lperspective lof lperformance lhad lhigh lcorrelations lwith
lcorporate lgovernance lpractices l(R=0.621) lwith l38% lof lfinancial lperformance
linfluenced lby lthe lcorporate lgovernance lpractices. lInternal lbusiness lprocesses
lperspectives lalso lhad lhigh lcorrelations lwith lcorporate lgovernance lpractices lhowever
lbothlthelcustomers’lperspectiveslandlinnovation, llearninglandlgrowthlperspectiveslhad
llow lcorrelations lwith lcorporate lgovernance lpractices. lThe lstudy ltherefore lconcluded
lthat lthe lcorporate lgovernance lpractices laffected lperformance lof lfaith lbased lhealth
lfacilities lalthough lat la lvaried ldegree. lThe lregression lanalysis lshowed lthat lthere lwas la
lpositive linfluence lof lcorporate lgovernance lpractice lon lthe lperformance lof lthe lfaith
lbased lhealth lfacilities lin lNyanza lregion. lThus lthe lpractice lof lgood lcorporate
lgovernance lenhance lperformance lof lfaith lbased lhealth lfacilities. lThe lstudy
lrecommended lthat lthe lsecretariats loflthe lfaithlbased lhealthlfacilities lshould lestablishla
lclear lpolicies lon lthe lterms lof lengagement lof lthe ldirectors, lCEO land lperformance
lappraisal lof lthe lboard lto lcheck lon ltheir leffectiveness. lThe lboard lshould lalso lbe lgiven
linductions land lcontinuous lprofessional ltrainings lto lequip lthemlwith lnew ltechniques.
lThe lstudy lsuggested lthat lanother lstudy lbe lconducted lto lascertain lthe linterconnection
lbetween lthe lcorporate lgovernance lpractices land lperformance lof lhealth lsector lin
lKenya.
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University of Nairobi
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