Abstract: Influence of human resource management practices on organizational commitment has been a widely researched area for years. Unfortunately, most of the studies in Human Resource Management practices and organizational commitment have been conducted in the West, with a smaller number of studies carried out in developing countries like Kenya specifically on context of Mumias Sugar Company Limited. As a result this study sought to determine the influence of training and development practices on organizational commitment in sugar firms in Kenya: A case of Mumias Sugar Company Limited. The specific objectives were; to determine the influence of training need assessment on organizational commitment in sugar firms in Kenya and to determine the influence of formal systems of induction on organizational commitment in sugar firms in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was169 respondents and consisted of two strata namely; 19 top level management and 150 unionisable employees. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the sample population and the sample size was 118 respondents. Questionnaires were the main data collection tool. Data analysis was done using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study found out that training and development practices are positively correlated with affective commitment. The study concluded that training need assessment helps increase affective commitment among employees and that formal systems of induction provided to new employees help them adapt to new environment quickly and make them comfortable which increase their commitment. The researcher recommends to managers to consider training and development practices as influencers of organizational affective commitment.
Keywords: Training and Development Practices, Organizational Commitment, Training Needs Assessment Formal System of Induction.
Title: Influence of Training and Development Practices on Organizational Commitment: A Case of Mumias Sugar Company Limited
Author: Muchibi Wilbrodah Mutsoli, Dr. Mbithi Shedrack Mutua, Dr. Musiega Douglas, Janet Mumassabba
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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