| dc.description.abstract | Given the impact of procurement actions on the operation and usefulness of public
sectors in Kenya, it is indispensable that these activities be carried out by competent staff
with highly trained and principled standards and using moral procedures anchored in
appropriate policies and regulations.The effectiveness of e procurement in many
developing countries has not been satisfactory hence it has not been able to deliver its full
potential to organizations especially the public sector ones. The objective of this research
is to determine institutional factors that influence the performance of e-procurement in
Kenya’s public organizations. The study was guided by buyer / supplier integration, the
institutions’ current ICT infrastructure and leadership as the independent variables while
the performance of e-procurement while performance of e procurement was the
dependent variable. The regulatory framework is the moderating variable. The research
was conducted using descriptive research design. The population of interest for the study
was 80 procurement and Information technology managers for Parastatals operating in
Nairobi CBD. Since this was a small population, a census approach was adopted. Data
was collected using a semi structured questionnaires. The study employed descriptive
and regression analysis to determine the nature of the relationship between institutional
factors and e-procurement performance. Concerning the first objective, the study found
out that buyer supplier integration has a significant effect on the performance of e
procurement. However the effect of both leadership support and current ICT
infrastructure were not found to have any significant effect on the performance of e
procurement. The study recommends that future research should concentrate on the effect
of institutional factors on e- procurement in other sectors. | en_US |
