The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of impending layoff on employees' entrepreneurial intention and gestation actions in Kenya. Results from a sample of 394 employees drawn from three Kenyan firms facing possibility of retrenchment show that an impending layoff adversely affected individual's entrepreneurial intention both directly and indirectly, with the indirect negative effect being mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy and gestation actions. The results highlight the importance of cultivating employees' positive perceptions about themselves and helping them view the layoff exercise as an opportunity to turn a new page.Renson Muchiri Mwangi is a senior lecturer,

Globalization, the proliferations of technology, workforce diversity, and the knowledge society have sparked a wave of learning, training and workplace education in organizations from all sectors. Descriptive research design was applied to examine the influence of employee competencies on employee performance in public universities in Kenya. Descriptive and inferential statistics analyzed the data. It was found that there was positive and significant influence of employee competencies management on employee performance in public universities in Kenya.

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