HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE WESTERN REGION
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The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of human resource practices on the employee performance in Kenya Medical Training College Western region. The specific objectives were to: determine the influence career development, performance appraisal, job promotion and recognition on employee performance in Kenya Medical Training College Western region. The research adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population was 88 respondents comprising of Departmental heads, Administrative Officers, Lecturers, Accountants, Supply Chain Management Officer, Clerical officers and ICT officer from five KMTC college campuses in Kakamega, Bungoma, Webuye, Busia and Vihiga. A sample size of 88 respondents was selected using census sampling. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data. Data collected was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results of the study were: career development had a positive, linear and significant (p-value is less than 0.05) with the employee performance; there was a statistically significant positive relationship between job promotion and employee performance; there was a statistically significant positive relationship between performance appraisals and employee performance and that there was a statistically significant and employee recognition and employee performance. The study therefore concluded that human resource practices has significant positive effect on employee performance in Kenya Medical Training College Western region as it significantly accounted for 67.1% variation. The study recommended that management of KMTC should create opportunities for advancement of employees, offer training ground for career movement within the organisation. KMTC management should adhere strictly to its promotion policy, ensure promotion process is fair and employees are promoted based on merit and employees should be provided with feedback after performance appraisal and ensure that performance appraisal carried out is fair and provide an opportunity for self-review and reflection to employees.
Key Words: Career Development, Performance Appraisal, Promotion, Recognition, Employee Performance
CITATION: Munala, B. N., & Miroga, J. (2022). Human resource practices and employee performance in Kenya Medical Training College western region. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (1), 454 – 471.
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