Human Resource Management Research Papers/Topics

Leadership Styles and their Effects on Staff Turn- Over in an Organization A Case Study of Voluntary Action for Development [VAD]

Abstract  This is a report of a study which establishes the effect of good leadership on staff turn over. It is a case study of VAD operating in Wakiso and Mpigi Districts of Uganda. The main research problem was that mangers lack knowledge about or there is little documentation of the relationship between leadership and staff turn over. At VAD, there was certainly no such data. The purpose of this study was therefore to provide documented evidence that good leadership is associated with low...

Employee Compensation and Job Satisfaction in Salaam Somali Bank, Mogadishu Somalia

ABSTRACT  The study was set to investigate the employee compensation on employee satisfaction was based on three objectives that were determining the effect of job based, skills based and performance based compensations on job satisfaction in Salaam Somali bank. The study was conducted based on a cross-sectional design based on the quantitative approaches where the employees of Salaam Somali bank provided the information. The intervention was through the questionnaires. The population of 280...

Workplace Conflict and Employee Performance in Selected Branches of Daha Shil Company in Mogadishu, Somalia

ABSTRACT  The study focused on workplace conflict and employee performance in selected branches of Dahabshil Company in Mogadishu, Somalia. Five objectives guided the study namely; the characteristics of the respondents, factors associated with workplace conflicts among employees, the degree of performance of employees, relationship between workplace conflict and employee performance and strategies for enhancement of the performance of employees. The study used the cross-sectional survey res...

Employee Commitment and Organizational Performance in Selected Private Universities in Bujumbura, Burundi

ABSTRACT  This study was aimed at determining the effect of employee commitment on organizational performance. Globally, there seems to be an organizational performance crisis in both the public and private sectors, while there is need to produce more for less. This problem is cross-cutting in the least developed, emerging and industrialized nations, and has increased the need for effective mechanisms of evaluating the performance of organizations. The study was based on three specific objec...

Leadership Competencies and Quality of Employees in Selected Branches of Hass Company Kampala, Uganda

ABSTRACT  The purpose of this study was to investigate leadership competencies and quality of employees in selected branches of Hass Petroleum Company in Kampala, Uganda. The study particularly sought to establish how leadership competencies influences, the quality of employees of the target company. The study was prompted by the overwhelming employees’ attrition in most private companies in Uganda. In gathering the information, the research study employed both primary and secondary source...

The Influence of Job Satisfaction on the Performance of Employees, A Case Study of Mtn Uganda.

ABSTRACT  The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of job satisfaction on the employees’ performance in MTN Uganda. The objectives of the study were to investigate the factors that influence job satisfaction, assess the indicators of job satisfaction and assess the influence of job satisfaction on the performance of employees. The method used for data collection was through questionnaires distributed to the employees and interviews conducted with the top management of MTN. Data...

Organizational Conflict and Employee Performance A Case Study of Bonite Bottlers Limited Moshi, Tanzania

ABSTRACT  The study described z ie relationship between organizational conflict and employee performance in Bonite Bottlers Limited (BBL) in Moshi, Tanzania. It was guided by specific objectives that included; describing the relationship between inter-group conflict and employee performance, to describe the relationship between intra-individual conflict and employee performance and to describe the relationship between inter-personal conflict and employee performance in Bonite Bottlers Limite...

An Inquiry into the Recruitment Process and The Employees Performance at Tanzania Electricity Supply Company Limited Head Office Umeme Park Building Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate on the recruitment process and the organizational performance at TANESCO head office Ubungo, Da-es-salaam. Also, the steps followed during recruitment process, methods used to target the applicants and the existing relationship between recruitment process and the performance. The study used a descriptive case study research design and purposive and simple random sampling procedure with the sample size of 100 respondents of the target popula...

Motivation and Employee Performance in Rift Valley Railways Uganda Limited

ABSTRACT This study was set out to establish the extent to which motivation affect employee performance in Rift Valley Railways, Uganda Limited. Specifically the study wanted to establish the effect of (i) financial motivation and (ii) non financial motivation, on employee performance in Rift Valley Railways, Uganda Limited. The study was done by developing a conceptual frame relating motivation and employee performance. The study employed a descriptive correlational design; data were collect...

The Challenges of Human Resource Recruitment and Retention in the Private Sector A Case Study of Roofings (U) Limited Kampala Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study aimed at establishing the challenges of human resource recruitment and retention in the private sector. The study was guided by three objectives: 1. To fmd out the relationship between challenges and human resource recruitment and retention in organizations. 2. To establish the challenges of human resource recruitment and retention in the private sector 3. Carrying out an investigation on how to meet the challenges of the best and qualified human resource recruitment and ...

Outcome of the Choice of the Training Needs Assessment on Employee Training in Private Hospitals~ A Case Study of Mwananchi Hospital, in Mwanza Tanzania

ABSTRACT  This study investigated the outcome of training needs assessment on employee training in private hospitals. The research based on three specified research objectives which were to asses the outcomes of training needs assessment on staff training at Mwananchi Hospital, to investigate the current training programmes at Mwananchi Hospital and to examine any improvement and performance of staff training. From the research, the problem of not conducting training needs assessment before ...

Assessing the Effect of Motivation on Employees Performance in Organizations A Case Study of Mtn (Uganda)

ABSTRACT  The study looked at the role of motivation in promoting employees' performance in an organization taking into consideration MTN Uganda as a case study. The study also investigated the persistent cause of declining employee performance considering motivation as the key variable and performance as the dependant variable. The study was guided by the following objectives:-  i. To establish the factors which affect motivation of employees in a company ii. To describe the indicators of ...

Conflict Management Strategies and Productivity of Employees in Igara Tea Factory in Bushenyi District, Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study intended to establish the relationship between conflict management strategies and productivity of employees in Igara Tea Factory Bushenyl District, Uganda. This study was guided by three objectives; to determine the extent of conflict management; to establish the level of productivity of employees; to determine whether there is a significant relationship between conflict management strategies and productivity of employees. The study adopted a descriptive correlational des...

Motivation and Teachers Performance A Case Study of Selected Urban District High Public Secondary Schools in Zanzibar. Tanzania

ABSTRACT  The study focused on “Motivation and teachers’ performance; taking the case study in UDHPSS, with three objectives. Assessing the contribution of working environment on teachers’ performance, assessing how remunerations affect teachers’ performance, and investigating the contribution of appreciations and promotions on teachers’ performance in UDHPSS. The identified problem was lack of motivation to teachers in UDZHPSS. The researcher used books, journals, magazines, newsp...

Recruitment and Selection on Employee Performance in Selected Commercial Banks in Kampala District, Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study established the relationship between recruitment and selection and employee performance in selected commercial banks in Kampala Central district in Uganda. The study was guided by four objectives: determine the (1) profile of the respondents (2) level of recruitment and selection process in selected commercial banks (3) level of existence of employee performance and measurement metrics in selected commercial banks (4) whether there was significant relationship between in ...


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