Abstract: Organization’s success and sustained competitive advantage depend on appropriate human resources (HR) strategies that promote employee well-being and care to foster employees’ personal initiatives and proactive behavior. Prior research suggests that HPWP increase employees’ knowledge, skills, and abilities and the result is greater job satisfaction, enhanced commitment, lower employee turnover, and improved employee performance. The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between High Performance Work Practices and employee Performance at Mumias Sugar Company (MSC). The specific objectives were to determine how extensive training, flexible work arrangements, information sharing, selective hiring and managerial support influence employee Performance at Mumias Sugar Company. Survey research design was carried out at Mumias Sugar Company. Descriptive research design was used. Primary data was collected by use of questionnaires while secondary data was collected from journals, books and reports. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation) using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Inferential statistics was also used in analysis. A target population of 366 management staff was covered by a sample of 186 employees basing on Krejcie and Morgan formula for determination of sample size of research activity. Overall finding was that high performance work practices have a positive relationship on employee performance at MSC. There was a positive relationship between extensive training, flexible work arrangements, information sharing, selective hiring and managerial support on employeeperformance.
Keywords: Selective staffing, Flexible work arrangements, information sharing, extensive training.
Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTISES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT MUMIAS SUGAR COMPANY
Author: Namayi Ochomo Peter, Dr. Clive Mukanzi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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