| dc.description.abstract | The study sought to determine the influence of Human resource management practices on
employee performance in the health sector in Kenya; study of selected hospitals in
Machakos Town .The specific objectives were; to investigate the influence of manpower
planning on the performance of employee on selected hospitals in Machakos Town ; to
determine the influence of recruitment and selection on the performance of employees on
selected hospitals in Machakos Town; to establish the influence of training and
development on the performance of employee on selected hospital in Machakos Town ;
and to examine the influence of reward and compensation on the performance of employees
on selected hospitals in Machakos Town .The study adopted a mixed research design and
the targeted employees grouped in 5 strata consisting top management, doctors,
pharmacists, clinical officers, and nurses. Stratified random sampling was used to select a
total of 251 respondents from a population of 709 from the various strata’s identified .Self-
administered questionnaires were used to collect data. The study used multivariable linear
regression and SPSS programme to analyse qualitative and quantitative data and
presentations were the dependent and the independent variables. The study asserts that
manpower planning recruitment and selection, training and development, reward and
compensation had significant positive relationship with employee performance. The study
concludes that manpower planning, recruitment and selection, training and development,
reward and compensation is positively related to employee performance.The study
recommends that the management of the hospitals should incorporate manpower planning
in their organization. The management should recruit and select employees fairly without
any discrimination. The organization should arrange for training and development activities
for their employees. The management should reward their employees for work well done. | en_US |
