Abstract: Employee’s Career development and retentionare among the main challenges facing many organizations due to the high rate of employee turnover which continues to make it on the top five lists of challenges whether a firm is driven by the desire to improve Career development and retention of employees towards achieving better organizational performance. The specific objective of the study was to establish the influence of career development strategy on retention of employees in universities in Kenya.The study sought to aid university management boards and councils, employee unions, HR professionals, researchers and scholars and government in policy formulation for Career development strategies as a reliable means to improve retention of employees in universities in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive design. The target population of the study comprised all employees in 70 accredited universities in the Republic of Kenya with a total population of 50,670 employees. The sample size of the study was 384 respondents chosen by simple stratified sampling technique. Questionnaires were the primary data collection tool. Linear regression models were usedto analyze data (descriptive and inferential statistics) using SPSS Version 23 software. The main finding from the study indicated that career development strategy was one of the main factors thatinfluenced retention of employees in universities in Kenya. The study recommended to top University management that each university should invest in the personal development planning process to enhance performance management and enhance capacity building. This requires that they should have a clear strategy that facilitates career progression like counseling, training, furthering studies and delegation of managerial responsibilities to subordinate from time to time. Further, there should be the continuous training of employees on new job skills to make them perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively as well as revise their work details to match skills required.
Keywords: Career development strategies, employee retention.
Title: INFLUENCE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ON RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES IN UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
Author: Michael Mboya Muma Dr. Joyce Nzulwa, Dr. Kepha Ombui, Prof. Romanus Odhiambo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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