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 retention in Roofings Limited and how to go towards achieving, competence and competency, expertise, and corporate goals. The study was carried out from one selected company in the private sector: Roofings (U) Ltd in the city Kampala district in the Central region of Uganda. The study used a descriptive survey research design in which both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. A self-administered questionnaire and an interview guide were the instruments of data collection. The collected data was presented in frequency counts, graphs, pie charts and score tables with varying percentages calculated. Interpretations and drawing of conclusions were made according to the number of occurrences on each item. The study findings revealed that: 1. The challenges of human resource recruitment and retention should be accepted and handled well in order to recruit the right, best and qualified human resource. 2. Ignoring the challenges of human resource recruitment and retention affects negatively the company from getting the right, best and qualified human resource.  3. Accepting and embracing the challenges enables the company to get the right, best and qualified human resource that can propel the company to achieve her objectives. The study concluded that; (i) There is a strong relationship between challenges and human resource recruitment and retention; therefore, the management of companies and organizations should opt to take a serious concern on the challenges in order to be able to recruit right, best and qualified human resource and retain them to maximize expertise and high levels of production of goods and services. (ii) In planning, decision making and implementation of the productive activities of companies and organizations all stakeholders should be involved to identify the challenges of human resource recruitment and retention that would hinder good performance of employees to achieve corporate targeted results in a stipulated time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Declaration

Approval

Dedication

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract

Table of contents

Chapter

One THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE

Introduction i

Background of the study 1

Statement of problem 4

Research questions 5

Purpose of the study 5

Specific objectives 5

Scope of the study 6

Significance of the study 6

Statement of hypothesis 7

Conceptual frame work 7

Two REVIEWING OF RELATED LITERATURE

Theoretical Review 9

Reasons for human resource turnover 17

Relationship between challenges and human resource

Recruitment and retention 20

Three METHODOLOGY

Research design 21

Target population 21

Sampling technique 21

Sample size 22

Data collection Methods / Instruments 22

Instruments 22

Questionnaire for the respondents 22

Interviewer guide 23

Observation method 24

Secondary data source 24

Data processing and analysis 24

Validity and reliability of the instruments 24

Limitations of the study 24

Four PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Introduction 25

The rate handling challenges 25

The effect of challenges 27

Rate of how challenges can affect the strategy of getting right,

best and qualified work force 28

Participation in handling challenges 29

Ignoring challenges do not affect getting right, best and qualified personnel 30

The provision of accommodation and other incentives

enhances human resource retention 32

The right, best and qualified human resource can be got when the challenges

are accepted and handled by management 33

There is a strong relationship between the challenges and recruitment

I retention of right, best and qualified human resource 34

Five challenges of human resource recruitment in Roofings (U) Ltd 35

Five challenges of human resource retention in Roofings (U) Ltd 37

Summary of research findings 38

Five FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction 45

Conclusions 45

Recommendations 46

References 48