International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

This study aimed at establishing the relationship between participation in Formal Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and perception of job characteristics among clinical officers in Nairobi County. A descriptive study involving 113 was conducted clinical officers. A self- administered structured questionnaire measured on Likert scale measure perception. T-test was tested statistical significance in perceptions between those who had attended formal CPD and their counterparts. There was a strong association between attendance of formal CPD with various aspects of job characteristics: autonomy, χ2=15.1822, p=.010, t=-22.5148, p=.0000; Task identity, χ2=9.6700, p=.085, t=-9.7655, p=.0000. Task significance, χ2=11.7011, p=.039, t=-9.0327, p=.0000. Statistically insignificant results for association were posted with regard to skill variety, χ2=.7405, p=.389, t=-.2726, p=.7856; feedback χ2=5.4698, p=.361, but the means were significant, t=-12.3438, p=.0000. Factor analysis indicated that skill variety with egenvalue of 1.60298 and task significance with 1.0792 the aspects of job characteristics that influenced how clinical officers perceived their job.