Abstract: Career management practices benefit both employees and the organization they work for. Employees benefit from improved, more marketable skills that allow for increased mobility within the organization while the organization benefits from increased employee talent, performance and commitment and reduce employee intention to leave for alternative employers. The employee performance of manufacturing sector workers in Kenya has been a major concern to the management board, investors and other stakeholders. The prevailing situation at the work place has been one of low work performance and low production level. In this study the main objective of this study was to find out the role of career management strategies on employees’ performance in milling industries in Kenya. A case of Unga Group Limited. With the following Specific Objectives of the Study ; to dertemine the role of career planning programs on employees’ performance ,to find out the role of career development program on employees’ performance ,to examine the role of career counselling programs on employees’ performance and finally to determine the role of career development goals and expectations for diverse workforce on employees’ performance. The study population was 2100 employees of Unga Group Limited with a total of 210 employees as sample size. Descriptive survey design was used in this study. Primary and secondary data was used. While self-administered questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect primary data, the study reviewed the previous evaluation reports to seek the secondary data on performance. Based on the findings majority of the respondents indicated that career management strategies has a significant role on employees’ performance.The findings also show that career planning programs, career development program, career counselling programs on employees’ career development goals and expectations for diverse workforce has a significant role on employees’ performance. Therefore the research recommends that the organization top management should adopt a culture that promotes career management. The organization should regularly conduct career planning programs, career development program, career counselling programs on employees’ career development goals and expectations for diverse workforce so as to impact of the knowledge on how career management should be managed.
Keywords: career planning programs, career development program, career counselling programs on employees’ career development goals and expectations for diverse workforce.
Title: Role of Career Management Practices on Employees’ Performance in Milling Industries in Kenya: A Case of Unga Group Limited
Author: Onesmus Mwiu Kasembi, Dr. Samson Nyangau, (PhD)
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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