Abstract: The research sought to establish the organizational determinants of employees’ retention in institutional of higher learning in Kenya a case study of Jomo Kenyatta University of agriculture and technology. The general objective of this study was to assess the determinants of employees’ retention in institutions of higher learning in Kenya: The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the influence of: remuneration, training, job security, promotion and their influence on employees’ retention.
Literature was reviewed to seek various opinions and views from the different authors in the area under study. The conceptual framework was presented giving a relationship between dependent and independent variables. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The target population was 3000 employees of the University, the study used the stratified random sampling to pick a sample size of 90 respondents. Data was collected using the questionnaires. Descriptive statistics was used aided by statistical packages for social science version 21 to computes respondents answers. Chi-square analysis was used to describe the significance of relationship between the variables under study. From the findings, it can be presumed that retention of competent employees’ is a crucial task, high turnover rate is a problematic and has a negative impact on institutions of higher learning performance. This was evidence by the fact that majority of the respondents (40.6%) were in agreement that retention of staff is practiced by JKUAT as a way of retaining a skilled human capital. The study recommends that the Universities should implements a good remuneration policy, embrace short and long term training and implement a policy stating an employee to get promoted after every three years of working, top priorities being the retention of his staff.
Keywords: Determinants, Remuneration, Training, Job security, Promotion.
Title: Determinants of Employees Retention in Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya: A Case Study of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Author: Wanja Mwikamba, Dr. Alice Simiyu
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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