Employment relationships and economic development – the Kenyan experience

The contemporary Kenyan labour market is segmented into a formal and informal sector, according to many writers. According to the author this dichotomy is an over-simplification of the variety found, and more properly represents a continuum. Employment relationships (patterns of recruitment, reward systems and supervision, fringe benefits, labour relations) vary in small- and large-scale enterprises and in public-sector organisations. This is because the costs of developing a suitable structured labour force, and the resultant benefits, depend on the economic and social environment in which the enterprise operates. Notes, tables.