چکیده (انگلیسی):

Performance contract can be made to work in public universities, but there are numerous pitfalls along the way which
can punish innovation, success and can erect complex barriers to effective implementation. The fundamental principle
of performance contracting in these institutions is the devolved management style where emphasis is management by
outcome rather than management by process. The study was mainly concerned with collecting empirical evidence
which linked Academic staffers’ performance contracting and community service participation. Descriptive survey
design was used in the study to highlight specific descriptions in respect of crucial and fundamental aspects of
performance contracting and give directional predictions on its influence in community service participation by
university lecturers. Three (3) public universities comprising eight hundred forty eight (848) lecturers provided
empirical evidence by way of collecting data through questionnaire administration and semi structured interviews
where a total number of one hundred forty two (142) staff members were randomly selected as respondents. Results
of the descriptive findings indicated that most of teaching academic staffers were aware of performance contracting
but understood it differently in respect of versions and terminologies in their institutions. Results of the F test
confirmed that there was a positive relationship between employees’ participation in community service and the level
of service delivery at the selected Kenyan public universities. Different tests of between-subjects effects established at
least at 90% confidence interval that the level of service delivery was significantly reliable on the participation by the
universities teaching academic staffers in community service.